boson-git

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
MEDIUM
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Why flagged The PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron' during prepare(), installing an undeclared external npm package, which poses a supply-chain risk if the source or registry is compromised.

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MEDIUM npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package npm_install_external

Runs `npm/yarn/pnpm install <package>` for a package not in source=(), pulling unpinned, unreviewed code at build time. Severity downgraded: the package declares/looks like a Node.js consumer, where build-time installs are expected.

  • PKGBUILD:95 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
MEDIUM AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron' during prepare(), installing an undeclared external npm package, which poses a supply-chain risk if the source or registry is compromised.

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=boson-git
3pkgver=0.6.1.r0.g4b4a6a2
4_electronversion=41
5_nodeversion=24
6pkgrel=1
7pkgdesc="SDSS observer graphical interface.(Use system-wide electron)"
8arch=('any')
9url="https://albireox.github.io/boson/"
10_ghurl="https://github.com/albireox/boson"
11license=('BSD-3-Clause')
12conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
13provides=("${pkgname%-git}=${pkgver%.r*}")
14depends=(
15 "electron${_electronversion}"
16)
17makedepends=(
18 'npm'
19 'yarn'
20 'git'
21 'nvm'
22 'gendesk'
23 'curl'
24 'jq'
25)
26source=(
27 "${pkgname//-/.}::git+${_ghurl}.git"
28 "${pkgname%-git}.sh"
29)
30sha256sums=('SKIP'
31 'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
32pkgver() {
33 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
34 set -o pipefail
35 git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/v//g' ||
36 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
37}
38_ensure_local_nvm() {
39 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
40 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
41 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
42 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
43}
44_get_app_dir() {
45 find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
46}
47_set_build_env() {
48 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
49 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
50 export HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
51 export electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
52 mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
53 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
54 {
55 export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
56 export ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
57 export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
58 export YARN_CACHE_FOLDER="${srcdir}/.yarn/cache"
59 export YARN_GLOBAL_FOLDER="${srcdir}/.yarn/global"
60 export YARN_NETWORK_CONCURRENCY=32
61 sed -i '/^npmRegistryServer:/d' .yarnrc.yml
62 echo 'npmRegistryServer: "https://registry.npmmirror.com"' >> .yarnrc.yml
63 }
64 find ./ -type f -name "yarn.lock" -exec sed -i "s/registry.yarnpkg.com/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
65 fi
66}
67_get_electron_version() {
68 _elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 5 -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" \
69 -exec grep -l '"electron"' {} + | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null | head -1)
70 [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
71 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"
72}
73prepare() {
74 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
75 _get_electron_version
76 sed -i -e "
77 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
78 s/@appname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
79 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
80 s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
81 " -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh"
82 gendesk -q -f -n \
83 --pkgname="${pkgname%-git}" \
84 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
85 --categories="Development" \
86 --name="${pkgname%-git}" \
87 --exec="${pkgname%-git} %U"
88 _set_build_env
89 _ensure_local_nvm
90 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
91 _yarnver=`grep "yarn@" package.json | awk '{print $2}' | sed "s/\"//g;s/yarn@//g;s/,//g"`
92 corepack enable yarn
93 echo y | yarn version "${_yarnver}"
94 NODE_ENV=development yarn install
95 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
96}
97build() {
98 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
99 _set_build_env
100 _ensure_local_nvm
101 sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*packagerConfig:[[:space:]]*{/a\\
102 electronDist: \"${electronDist}\"," forge.config.*
103 NODE_ENV=production yarn run package
104}
105package() {
106 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
107 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
108 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
109 cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}/"
110 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/public/icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
111 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/${pkgname%-git}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
112 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/package.json" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
113}
114

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