From: Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:48:07 -0300
Subject: Disable Checkpoint

We don't want vagrant phoning home all the time
---
 lib/vagrant/environment.rb          | 38 ++-----------------------------------
 plugins/commands/version/command.rb | 29 ----------------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index 96c9ada..d7ba556 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'pathname'
 require 'set'
 require 'thread'
 
-require "checkpoint"
 require 'log4r'
 
 require 'vagrant/util/file_mode'
@@ -128,34 +127,6 @@ module Vagrant
       # Prepare the directories
       setup_home_path
 
-      # Run checkpoint in a background thread on every environment
-      # initialization. The cache file will cause this to mostly be a no-op
-      # most of the time.
-      @checkpoint_thr = Thread.new do
-        Thread.current[:result] = nil
-
-        # If we disabled checkpoint via env var, don't run this
-        if ENV["VAGRANT_CHECKPOINT_DISABLE"].to_s != ""
-          @logger.info("checkpoint: disabled from env var")
-          next
-        end
-
-        # If we disabled state and knowing what alerts we've seen, then
-        # disable the signature file.
-        signature_file = @data_dir.join("checkpoint_signature")
-        if ENV["VAGRANT_CHECKPOINT_NO_STATE"].to_s != ""
-          @logger.info("checkpoint: will not store state")
-          signature_file = nil
-        end
-
-        Thread.current[:result] = Checkpoint.check(
-          product: "vagrant",
-          version: VERSION,
-          signature_file: signature_file,
-          cache_file: @data_dir.join("checkpoint_cache"),
-        )
-      end
-
       # Setup the local data directory. If a configuration path is given,
       # it is expanded relative to the root path. Otherwise, we use the
       # default (which is also expanded relative to the root path).
@@ -289,14 +260,9 @@ module Vagrant
       end
     end
 
-    # Checkpoint returns the checkpoint result data. If checkpoint is
-    # disabled, this will return nil. See the hashicorp-checkpoint gem
-    # for more documentation on the return value.
-    #
-    # @return [Hash]
+    # Usage of the checkpoint service is disabled in the Debian package.
     def checkpoint
-      @checkpoint_thr.join
-      return @checkpoint_thr[:result]
+      nil
     end
 
     # Makes a call to the CLI with the given arguments as if they
diff --git a/plugins/commands/version/command.rb b/plugins/commands/version/command.rb
index c3c47ac..654b251 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/version/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/version/command.rb
@@ -21,35 +21,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           "vagrant.version_current", version: Vagrant::VERSION))
         @env.ui.machine("version-installed", Vagrant::VERSION)
 
-        # Load the latest information
-        cp = @env.checkpoint
-        if !cp
-          @env.ui.output("\n"+I18n.t(
-            "vagrant.version_no_checkpoint"))
-          return 0
-        end
-
-        latest = cp["current_version"]
-
-        # Output latest version
-        @env.ui.output(I18n.t(
-          "vagrant.version_latest", version: latest))
-        @env.ui.machine("version-latest", latest)
-
-        # Determine if its a new version, and if so, output some more
-        # information.
-        current = Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION)
-        latest  = Gem::Version.new(latest)
-        if current >= latest
-          @env.ui.success(" \n" + I18n.t(
-            "vagrant.version_latest_installed"))
-          return 0
-        end
-
-        # Out of date! Let the user know how to upgrade.
-        @env.ui.output(" \n" + I18n.t(
-          "vagrant.version_upgrade_howto", version: latest.to_s))
-
         0
       end
     end