Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/net/UIUpdateManager.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/net/UIUpdateManager.cpp	(revision 64771)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/net/UIUpdateManager.cpp	(revision 64772)
@@ -56,4 +56,9 @@
 
 
+#if 0
+/* enable to test the version update check */
+#define VBOX_NEW_VERSION_TEST "0.0.0_0 http://unknown.unknown.org/0.0.0/VirtualBox-0.0.0-0-unknown.pkg"
+#endif
+
 /* Forward declarations: */
 class UIUpdateStep;
@@ -228,4 +233,7 @@
         QString strResponseData(pReply->readAll());
 
+#ifdef VBOX_NEW_VERSION_TEST
+        strResponseData = VBOX_NEW_VERSION_TEST;
+#endif
         /* Newer version of necessary package found: */
         if (strResponseData.indexOf(QRegExp("^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(_[0-9A-Z]+)? \\S+$")) == 0)
@@ -520,5 +528,9 @@
 
     /* If update is really necessary: */
-    if (fForceCall || currentData.isNeedToCheck())
+    if (
+#ifdef VBOX_NEW_VERSION_TEST
+        true ||
+#endif
+        fForceCall || currentData.isNeedToCheck())
     {
         /* Prepare update queue: */