From 8326fdd60f2596bb73e1ed7ef0b341c0f1f1b58f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Lytvynov <awly@tailscale.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:02:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] clientupdate: disable auto-updates on Synology for now
 (#9965)

Updates #755

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lytvynov <awly@tailscale.com>
---
 clientupdate/clientupdate.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/clientupdate/clientupdate.go b/clientupdate/clientupdate.go
index 3dc01477e..b9d052618 100644
--- a/clientupdate/clientupdate.go
+++ b/clientupdate/clientupdate.go
@@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ func (up *Updater) getUpdateFunction() (fn updateFunction, canAutoUpdate bool) {
 	case "linux":
 		switch distro.Get() {
 		case distro.Synology:
-			return up.updateSynology, true
+			// Synology updates use our own pkgs.tailscale.com instead of the
+			// Synology Package Center. We should eventually get to a regular
+			// release cadence with Synology Package Center and use their
+			// auto-update mechanism.
+			return up.updateSynology, false
 		case distro.Debian: // includes Ubuntu
 			return up.updateDebLike, true
 		case distro.Arch: