caprine-ng-git

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
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Why flagged The npx command is used to run 'tsc' and 'electron-builder' during build, which are standard development tools for the project being built from source; these are not remote code executions but part of a normal build process for a JavaScript project.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding 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 90%): The npx command is used to run 'tsc' and 'electron-builder' during build, which are standard development tools for the project being built from source; these are not remote code executions but part of a normal build process for a JavaScript project.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
MEDIUM npx/bunx/deno executes a remote package remote_code_tool

`npx`/`bunx`/`pnpm dlx`/`deno run <url>` downloads AND runs a remote package at build time — the moral equivalent of piping a download into a shell. Severity downgraded: Node.js consumer context.

  • PKGBUILD:97 NODE_ENV=production npx tsc

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2_appname=caprine
3pkgname="${_appname}-ng-git"
4_pkgname=Caprine
5pkgver=2.60.3.r1.g58803e6
6_electronversion=22
7_nodeversion=20
8pkgrel=1
9pkgdesc="Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app - Legacy OS Builds.(Use system-wide electron)"
10arch=('any')
11url="https://github.com/Alex313031/caprine-ng"
12license=('MIT')
13conflicts=(
14 "${pkgname%-git}"
15 "${_appname}"
16)
17provides=(
18 "${_appname}=${pkgver%.r*}"
19 "${pkgname%-git}=${pkgver%.r*}"
20)
21depends=(
22 "electron${_electronversion}"
23)
24makedepends=(
25 'npm'
26 'git'
27 'nvm'
28 'curl'
29 'jq'
30)
31source=(
32 "${pkgname%-git}.git::git+${url}.git"
33 "${pkgname%-git}.sh"
34)
35sha256sums=('SKIP'
36 'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
37pkgver() {
38 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
39 set -o pipefail
40 git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/v//g' ||
41 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
42}
43_get_app_dir() {
44 find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
45}
46_get_electron_version() {
47 _elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 5 -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" \
48 -exec grep -l '"electron"' {} + | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null | head -1)
49 [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
50 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"
51}
52_set_build_env() {
53 export electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
54 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
55 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
56 export HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
57 export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
58 export NPM_CONFIG_MAXSOCKETS=32
59 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
60 {
61 export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
62 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
63 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
64 export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
65 export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/"
66 export ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron-builder-binaries/"
67 }
68 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
69 fi
70}
71_ensure_local_nvm() {
72 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
73 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
74 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
75 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
76}
77prepare() {
78 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
79 _get_electron_version
80 sed -i -e "
81 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
82 s/@appname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
83 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
84 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
85 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh"
86 _set_build_env
87 _ensure_local_nvm
88 rm -rf dist dist-js node_modules test
89 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
90 sed -i "s/${_appname}/${pkgname%-git}/g" "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/packages/rpm/${_appname}.desktop"
91 NODE_ENV=development npm install --legacy-peer-deps
92}
93build() {
94 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
95 _set_build_env
96 _ensure_local_nvm
97 NODE_ENV=production npx tsc
98 NODE_ENV=production npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist} --config electron-builder.json"
99}
100package() {
101 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
102 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
103 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
104 cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}/"
105 _icon_sizes=(16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 96x96 128x128 256x256 512x512)
106 for _icons in "${_icon_sizes[@]}";do
107 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/build/icons/${_icons}.png" \
108 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_icons}/apps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
109 done
110 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/packages/rpm/${_appname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-git}.desktop"
111 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/license" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
112}
113

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