How can I disable the automatic checking for updates when Google App Engine Launcher is started?

Question

I\'ve been tinkering with the GAE and I enjoy the ease of use of the GAE Launcher that is available with the Windows SDK.

My problem is that when I start the applica

Answer 1

Make sure all your GAE-java/python processes are shutted down before you fork new ones. It's very often that they stuck and consume processor time and memory after you hit CTRL+C.

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To disable updates run the server with

--disable_update_check

option.

Usage: [options]

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Open dev_appserver.cmd script from GAE SDK with your favorite text processor and manually add --disable_update_check option right after DevAppServerMain definition.

java -cp "%~dp0\..\lib\appengine-tools-api.jar" ^
com.google.appengine.tools.KickStart ^
   com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain --disable_update_check %*

Next time you'll run an application from the GAE Launcher, it will start with "--disable_update_check" option automatically.

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For Python:

open python source code at

[GAE_SDK_PY]/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py

with your favorite text processor, find a 227-th line, it looks like

ARG_SKIP_SDK_UPDATE_CHECK: False,

and overwrite it with following:

  ARG_SKIP_SDK_UPDATE_CHECK: True, 

Hope this helps.