asusctl

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maintainer mhdi 32 votes scanned 2026-09-01 13:48:42.149435

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This package was orphaned and re-adopted within the last 30 days — a window where ownership transfers can introduce malicious changes.

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This package was orphaned and re-adopted within the last 30 days — a window where ownership transfers can introduce malicious changes.

PKGBUILD

      1# Maintainer: Mahdi Sarikhani <mahdisarikhani@outlook.com>
    
      2# Contributor: Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe@archlinux.org>
    
      3# Contributor: Static_Rocket
    
      4
    
      5pkgbase=asusctl
    
      6pkgname=(asusctl rog-control-center)
    
      7pkgver=6.4.0
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc="Daemon and tools to control your ASUS ROG laptop"
    
      10arch=('x86_64')
    
      11url="https://asus-linux.org"
    
      12license=('MPL-2.0')
    
      13makedepends=('cargo' 'fontconfig')
    
      14source=("${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/OpenGamingCollective/asusctl/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
    
      15b2sums=('e90074e904f364386ad661784bd9fc2e929e83ea06ac62fd1d34eb03490cefe8aae3bed2722162f1e8ea5d69248138cb5fd9f90c3a18443d1d8c04cf732b928a')
    
      16
    
      17prepare() {
    
      18    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
    
      19    export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
    
      20    cargo fetch --locked --target host-tuple
    
      21}
    
      22
    
      23build() {
    
      24    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
    
      25    export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
    
      26    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
    
      27    make build
    
      28}
    
      29
    
      30package_asusctl() {
    
      31    pkgdesc="An utility for Linux to control many aspects of various ASUS laptops"
    
      32    depends=('glibc' 'libgcc' 'libusb' 'systemd-libs')
    
      33    optdepends=(
    
      34        'acpi_call: fan control'
    
      35        'asusctltray: tray profile switcher'
    
      36        'rog-control-center: graphical user interface for asusctl'
    
      37        'supergfxctl: hybrid GPU control'
    
      38    )
    
      39    install=asusctl.install
    
      40
    
      41    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
    
      42    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
    
      43        install-asusctl \
    
      44        install-asusd \
    
      45        install-asusd_user \
    
      46        install-asus-shutdown \
    
      47        install-data-asusd \
    
      48        install-data-asusd_user
    
      49}
    
      50
    
      51package_rog-control-center() {
    
      52    pkgdesc="Graphical user interface for asusctl"
    
      53    depends=('asusctl' 'fontconfig' 'glibc' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libgcc' 'systemd-libs')
    
      54
    
      55    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
    
      56    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
    
      57        install-rog_gui \
    
      58        install-data-rog_gui
    
      59}
    
      60

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-31 00:19
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-01 13:48
@@ -1,109 +1,60 @@
-# Maintainer: Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Mahdi Sarikhani <mahdisarikhani@outlook.com>
+# Contributor: Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: Static_Rocket
 
 pkgbase=asusctl
-pkgname=(
-  asusctl
-  rog-control-center
-)
-pkgver=6.3.8
+pkgname=(asusctl rog-control-center)
+pkgver=6.4.0
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="A control daemon, tools, and a collection of crates for interacting with ASUS ROG laptops"
+pkgdesc="Daemon and tools to control your ASUS ROG laptop"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://asus-linux.org"
 license=('MPL-2.0')
-makedepends=(
-  clang
-  cmake
-  fontconfig
-  git
-  hicolor-icon-theme
-  libayatana-appindicator
-  libinput
-  libusb
-  rust
-  seatd
-  systemd
-)
-source=("git+https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asusctl.git#tag=$pkgver")
-b2sums=('01269bc9fe63c1ce37568f9085c25dbcaaaa5cd9f51339d4c6904600d179ec826dace289d6e4e3501988fce5800da98e9cfa18b21c40da152d91c4f7fe821ffe')
+makedepends=('cargo' 'fontconfig')
+source=("${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/OpenGamingCollective/asusctl/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+b2sums=('e90074e904f364386ad661784bd9fc2e929e83ea06ac62fd1d34eb03490cefe8aae3bed2722162f1e8ea5d69248138cb5fd9f90c3a18443d1d8c04cf732b928a')
 
 prepare() {
-  cd "${pkgbase}"
-
-  # Keep rust/cargo build-dependency management inside the build directory
-  export CARGO_HOME="${srcdir}/cargo"
-
-  # Follow Rust package guidelines
-  ## https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rust_package_guidelines
-  export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
-  cargo fetch --locked --target "$(rustc -vV | sed -n 's/host: //p')"
+    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
+    export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
+    cargo fetch --locked --target host-tuple
 }
 
 build() {
-  cd "${pkgbase}"
-
-  # Keep rust/cargo build-dependency management inside the build directory
-  export CARGO_HOME="${srcdir}/cargo"
-
-  # Follow Rust package guidelines
-  ## https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rust_package_guidelines
-  export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
-  export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
-
-  make build
+    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
+    export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
+    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
+    make build
 }
 
 package_asusctl() {
-  pkgdesc="${pkgdesc/tools/CLI tools}"
-  depends=(
-    glibc
-    libgcc
-    libusb
-    systemd
-    systemd-libs
-  )
-  conflicts=(gnome-shell-extension-asusctl-gnome)
-  install=asusctl.install
-  optdepends=(
-    'acpi_call: fan control'
-    'asusctltray: tray profile switcher'
-    'rog-control-center: app to control asusctl'
-    'supergfxctl: hybrid GPU control'
-  )
+    pkgdesc="An utility for Linux to control many aspects of various ASUS laptops"
+    depends=('glibc' 'libgcc' 'libusb' 'systemd-libs')
+    optdepends=(
+        'acpi_call: fan control'
+        'asusctltray: tray profile switcher'
+        'rog-control-center: graphical user interface for asusctl'
+        'supergfxctl: hybrid GPU control'
+    )
+    install=asusctl.install
 
-  cd "${pkgbase}"
-  export CARGO_HOME="${srcdir}/cargo"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
-    install-asusctl \
-    install-asusd \
-    install-asusd_user \
-    install-asus-shutdown \
-    install-data-asusd \
-    install-data-asusd_user
+    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
+        install-asusctl \
+        install-asusd \
+        install-asusd_user \
+        install-asus-shutdown \
+        install-data-asusd \
+        install-data-asusd_user
 }
 
 package_rog-control-center() {
-  depends=(
-    asusctl
-    fontconfig
-    freetype2
-    glibc
-    hicolor-icon-theme
-    libayatana-appindicator
-    libgcc
-    libinput
-    libxkbcommon
-    mesa
-    seatd
-    systemd-libs
-  )
-  pkgdesc="App to control asusctl"
+    pkgdesc="Graphical user interface for asusctl"
+    depends=('asusctl' 'fontconfig' 'glibc' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libgcc' 'systemd-libs')
 
-  cd "${pkgbase}"
-  export CARGO_HOME="${srcdir}/cargo"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
-    install-data-rog_gui \
-    install-rog_gui
+    cd "${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \
+        install-rog_gui \
+        install-data-rog_gui
 }
 

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-09-01 13:48:42	Medium	1
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Clean	2
2026-08-30 23:44:22	Medium	1
2026-06-18 16:11:54	Clean	0