How do I stop iPhoto from updating

How do I stop iPhoto from updating itself every time I put a backed up iPhoto disc in to play? Now I quit or force quit iPhoto to stop it happening. Happens every time I install a CD or DVD disc. It cant possibly be necessary every time.

Chances are, that disc was created by an earlier version of iPhoto. iPhoto is trying to convert the library on the disc into an iPhoto 6 library, because the file structure is different in v6. The only fix I know is to copy the disc to your Mac, let iPhoto update your disc as an individual library, then burn a new disc that iPhoto 6 will like.
See if anything in this thread is helpful. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=854452&tstart=0

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    4/6/2014 1:04:35.498 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3265]) mdworker(3265) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:public.folder plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 778167)
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    4/6/2014 1:04:35.778 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3265]) mdworker(3265) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:public.folder plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 778167)
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    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
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    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
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