Wordpress Really Pissed Me Off

I just got nagged by the Wordpress software to "upgrade!" - what is up with that? I don't get software directly from them, I use debian's repositories. Grrr! And I also modify Wordpress to suit my own needs! Guess what - they are dialing back to Wordpress.org without my consent!

That's not cool, and there is no way to turn it off via the management interface.

grep -r 'wordpress.org' ./* | grep fsock./wp-admin/includes/.svn/text-base/update.php.svn-base:	if( false != ( $fs = @fsockopen( 'api.wordpress.org', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3) ) && is_resource($fs) ) {./wp-admin/includes/update.php:	if( false != ( $fs = @fsockopen( 'api.wordpress.org', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3) ) && is_resource($fs) ) {./wp-includes/.svn/text-base/update.php.svn-base:	if ( false !== ( $fs = @fsockopen( 'api.wordpress.org', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3 ) ) && is_resource($fs) ) {./wp-includes/update.php:	if ( false !== ( $fs = @fsockopen( 'api.wordpress.org', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3 ) ) && is_resource($fs) ) {

Smooth move people...Here's how I fixed it:

Index: includes/update.php
===================================================================
---includes/update.php    (revision 222)
+++ includes/update.php    (working copy)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         return sprintf( '| '.__( 'You are using a development version (%s). Cool! Please <a href="%s">stay updated</a>.' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'], 'http://wordpress.org/download/svn/' );     break;
-    case 'upgrade' :
+    case 'nupgrade' :         return sprintf( '| <strong>'.__( 'Your WordPress %s is out of date. <a href="%s">Please update</a>.' ).'</strong>', $GLOBALS['wp_version'], $cur-&gt;url );     break;

@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@
     else         $msg = __('A new version of WordPress is available! Please notify the site administrator.');
-    echo "</code><div id="update-nag">$msg</div>";
+    //echo "<div id="update-nag">$msg</div>"; } add_action( 'admin_notices', 'update_nag', 3 ); function wp_update_plugins() {     global $wp_version;
-    if ( !function_exists('fsockopen') )
-        return false;
+    //if ( !function_exists('fsockopen') )
+    return false;
     $plugins = get_plugins();
     $active  = get_option( 'active_plugins' );