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Warn from-source builders that syncthing auto-upgrades
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Some people may prefer to build from source for their own use. They should be aware that the default behavior is to overwrite the binary with a new downloaded binary when an upgrade is available.
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orblivion committed Nov 12, 2024
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of it. For all other purposes we recommend using the official binary
releases instead.

If you still prefer to build Syncthing from source for your own use, be
aware that there is an built-in automatic upgrade mechanism that will
overwrite your built binary with a downloaded version. To avoid this, you
can use the --no-upgrade build flag (see below), but you will be
responsible for your own upgrades.

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