a2tools
The source is downloaded from a historical, non-whitelisted but plausibly official Apple II archive host for building the project's own source; the package installs a compiled binary and man page, with no evidence of malicious or unverifiable prebuilt code.
Triggered rules
llm_review
The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The source is downloaded from a historical, non-whitelisted but plausibly official Apple II archive host for building the project's own source; the package installs a compiled binary and man page, with no evidence of malicious or unverifiable prebuilt code.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:10
source=("ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/${pkgname}-v${pkgver}.zip")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Andreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>
pkgname=a2tools
pkgver=003
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="a2tools (copy data to/from Apple II DOS 3.3 disk images)"
arch=('pentium4' 'i686' 'i486' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
url="ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/"
license=('GPL')
source=("ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/${pkgname}-v${pkgver}.zip")
sha256sums=('432c994510b73577557331ec7697c32e28a2c324abb52c1bcc08289c51bcd927')
build() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
gcc -o a2tools ${CFLAGS} a2tools.c
}
package(){
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
install -Dm775 a2tools "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/a2tools
ln -s a2tools "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/a2ls
ln -s a2tools "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/a2in
ln -s a2tools "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/a2out
ln -s a2tools "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/a2rm
install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
install -Dm644 a2tools.6 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/man/man6/a2tools.6
gzip -9 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/man/man6/a2tools.6
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |