Remove old update checks, Pacu uses pip

pacu/main.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 from pacu.core import lib
 from pacu.core.lib import session_dir
-from datetime import datetime
 
 try:
     import jq  # type: ignore
@@ -465,54 +464,6 @@ def fetch_data(self, data: List[str], module: str, args: str, force=False) -> bo
                 self.exec_module(['exec', module])
         return True
 
-    def check_for_updates(self):
-        TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d'
-        UPDATE_CYCLE = 7  # Days
-        UPDATE_INFO_PATH = lib.home_dir()/'update_info.json'
-        LAST_UPDATE_PATH = lib.pacu_dir()/'last_update.txt'
-        UPDATE_MSG = '''Pacu has a new version available! Clone it from GitHub to receive the updates.
-        git clone https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu.git'''
-
-        with open(LAST_UPDATE_PATH, 'r') as f:
-            local_last_update = f.read().rstrip()
-
-        datetime_now = datetime.now()
-        datetime_local = datetime.strptime(local_last_update, TIME_FORMAT)
-
-        datetime_last_check = datetime.min
-        latest_cached = datetime.min
-
-        # update_info.json structure:
-        # { 'last_check':'YYYY-MM-DD', 'latest_cached':'YYYY-MM-DD'}
-        # Create a update_info.json if not exist
-        update_info = {}
-        if os.path.isfile(UPDATE_INFO_PATH):
-            with open(UPDATE_INFO_PATH, 'r') as f:
-                update_info = json.load(f)
-                datetime_last_check = datetime.strptime(update_info['last_check'], TIME_FORMAT)
-                latest_cached = datetime.strptime(update_info['latest_cached'], TIME_FORMAT)
-
-        # Check upstream
-        if (datetime_now - datetime_last_check).days >= UPDATE_CYCLE:
-            latest_update = requests.get(
-                'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu/master/pacu/last_update.txt').text.rstrip()
-            latest = datetime.strptime(latest_update, TIME_FORMAT)
-
-            update_info['latest_cached'] = latest.strftime(TIME_FORMAT)
-            update_info['last_check'] = datetime_now.strftime(TIME_FORMAT)
-            with open(UPDATE_INFO_PATH, 'w') as f:
-                json.dump(update_info, f)
-
-            if datetime_local < latest:
-                print(UPDATE_MSG)
-                return True
-        # Local check
-        elif datetime_local < latest_cached:
-            print(datetime_local, latest_cached)
-            print(UPDATE_MSG)
-            return True
-        return False
-
     def key_info(self, alias='') -> Union[Dict[str, Any], bool]:
         """ Return the set of information stored in the session's active key
         or the session's key with a specified alias, as a dictionary. """
@@ -1889,8 +1840,6 @@ def run_gui(self) -> None:
                     self.initialize_tab_completion()
                     display_pacu_help()
 
-                    self.check_for_updates()
-
                     idle_ready = True
 
                 self.check_user_agent()
@@ -1976,7 +1925,6 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                 exit()
             self.run_cli(args)
         elif any([args.list_modules, args.pacu_help, args.module_info]):
-            self.check_for_updates()
             self.run_cli(args)
         else:
             self.run_gui()