cinnamon-aliveos

maintainer twilight0 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package repackages an official Arch Linux cinnamon package with custom patches and replacements, but does not introduce untrusted remote code execution or malicious payloads; the main risks are from SKIP'd checksums on local scripts and deviation from upstream, which are low-severity for an AUR package.

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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package repackages an official Arch Linux cinnamon package with custom patches and replacements, but does not introduce untrusted remote code execution or malicious payloads; the main risks are from SKIP'd checksums on local scripts and deviation from upstream, which are low-severity for an AUR package.

PKGBUILD

1# Maintainer: Twilight0 <twilight0@vivaldi.net>
2
3pkgname=cinnamon-aliveos
4pkgver=6.6.9
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc="Cinnamon desktop environment for AliveOS (without Nemo, with Dory integration and custom enhancements)"
7arch=('x86_64')
8url="https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon"
9license=('GPL-2.0-or-later')
10depends=('accountsservice' 'at-spi2-core' 'bash' 'cairo' 'cinnamon-control-center'
11 'cinnamon-desktop' 'cinnamon-menus' 'cinnamon-screensaver' 'cinnamon-session'
12 'cinnamon-settings-daemon' 'cinnamon-translations' 'cjs' 'dconf'
13 'evolution-data-server' 'gcr' 'gdk-pixbuf2' 'glib2' 'glibc'
14 'gnome-backgrounds' 'gnome-themes-extra' 'gsound' 'gstreamer' 'gtk3'
15 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libgcc' 'libgirepository' 'libglvnd' 'libibus'
16 'libical' 'libkeybinder3' 'libnm' 'libnotify' 'libsecret' 'libx11'
17 'libxfixes' 'libxml2' 'mate-polkit' 'muffin' 'network-manager-applet' 'pango'
18 'papirus-icon-theme' 'polkit' 'python' 'python-cairo' 'python-gobject'
19 'python-pam' 'python-pexpect' 'python-pillow' 'python-psutil'
20 'python-pyinotify' 'python-pytz' 'python-requests' 'python-setproctitle'
21 'python-tinycss2' 'python-xapp' 'sound-theme-freedesktop' 'timezonemap'
22 'upower' 'xapp' 'xdg-desktop-portal-xapp')
23makedepends=()
24optdepends=('blueman: Bluetooth support'
25 'cinnamon-translations: i1n'
26 'gnome-terminal: X terminal emulator'
27 'gnome-panel: fallback mode'
28 'ibus: input method support'
29 'metacity: fallback mode'
30 'switcheroo-control: GPU offloading'
31 'system-config-printer: printer settings'
32 'touchegg: touch gestures'
33 'wget: cover download support in audio applet')
34conflicts=('cinnamon' 'nemo' 'cinnamon-no-nemo')
35provides=("cinnamon=$pkgver")
36replaces=('cinnamon-no-nemo')
37backup=('etc/xdg/cinnamon-session/sessions/cinnamon.session')
38source=("cinnamon-$pkgver-$pkgrel-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst::https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/cinnamon/download"
39 'cinnamon.session'
40 'gwl-grouping-heuristics.patch'
41 'inline-reply-notifications.patch'
42 'zenity-session-quit.py'
43 'zenity-run-dialog.py')
44sha256sums=('5f09a128f937eff0edd78047eddeae911de1b216c49640e55338a21570c97224'
45 '1b46a3e8720269ba2c5abf3604835a7aff527abbb1bb401121f8626f74427255'
46 'f89390f4af9e81219e6e0fa88d61044053dab66b42d53a4748b5d5d82009573a'
47 'a71adbacde83112333df881cc839299df51ca18b9507b95df0430a39cb0f449e'
48 'SKIP'
49 'SKIP')
50
51# Disable strip and debug to speed up repackaging
52options=('!strip' '!debug' 'emptydirs')
53
54prepare() {
55 # Extract the official package
56 mkdir -p extracted
57 cd extracted
58 tar -xf "$srcdir/cinnamon-$pkgver-$pkgrel-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
59
60 # Apply custom PR patches
61 patch -Np1 -i "$srcdir/gwl-grouping-heuristics.patch"
62 patch -Np1 -i "$srcdir/inline-reply-notifications.patch"
63}
64
65package() {
66 # Copy extracted files
67 cp -a extracted/* "$pkgdir/"
68
69 # Replace cinnamon.session with dory version
70 install -Dm644 "$srcdir/cinnamon.session" \
71 "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/cinnamon-session/sessions/cinnamon.session"
72
73 # Also install to usr/share as fallback
74 if [ -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon-session/sessions" ]; then
75 install -Dm644 "$srcdir/cinnamon.session" \
76 "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon-session/sessions/cinnamon.session"
77 fi
78
79 # Remove nemo-related files if any exist
80 rm -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/nemo.desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
81 rm -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/nemo-autostart.desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
82 rm -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/nemo-autorun-software.desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
83 rm -f "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/autostart/nemo-autostart.desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
84
85 # Disable GTK portal usage - use native file chooser (Dory) instead
86 install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/etc/profile.d/gtk-no-portal.sh" << 'EOF'
87export GTK_USE_PORTAL=0
88EOF
89
90 # Patch cs_actions.py to use Dory layout editor instead of Nemo
91 sed -i \
92 -e 's|nemo-action-layout-editor|dory-action-layout-editor|' \
93 -e 's|nemo/layout-editor|dory/layout-editor|' \
94 -e 's|nemo_action_layout_editor|dory_action_layout_editor|' \
95 -e 's|NemoActionsOrganizer|DoryActionsOrganizer|' \
96 -e 's|\.local/share/nemo/actions|.local/share/dory/actions|' \
97 "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_actions.py"
98
99 # Override session quit dialog with GTK3 Zenity dialog
100 install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-session-quit.py" \
101 "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-quit.py"
102 install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-session-quit.py" \
103 "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cinnamon-session-quit"
104
105 # Override run dialog with GTK3 Zenity run dialog
106 install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-run-dialog.py" \
107 "$pkgdir/usr/bin/zenity-run-dialog.py"
108
109 # Patch main.js to route Alt+F2 runDialog, ShowEndSessionDialog, Polkit authentication, NetworkManager secrets, and Keyring prompts to GTK3 helpers
110 if [ -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/main.js" ]; then
111 sed -i \
112 -e 's|runDialog = new RunDialog.RunDialog();|runDialog = { open: function() { Util.spawnCommandLine("/usr/bin/zenity-run-dialog.py"); return true; }, close: function() {}, destroy: function() {} };|' \
113 -e 's|function showEndSessionDialog(mode) {|function showEndSessionDialog(mode) { Util.spawnCommandLine("/usr/bin/cinnamon-session-quit"); return;|' \
114 -e 's|PolkitAuthenticationAgent.init();|// PolkitAuthenticationAgent.init();|' \
115 -e 's|networkAgent = new NetworkAgent.NetworkAgent();|// networkAgent = new NetworkAgent.NetworkAgent();|' \
116 -e 's|KeyringPrompt.init();|// KeyringPrompt.init();|' \
117 "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/main.js"
118 fi
119
120
121}
122

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-31 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
'gnome-backgrounds' 'gnome-themes-extra' 'gsound' 'gstreamer' 'gtk3'
'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libgcc' 'libgirepository' 'libglvnd' 'libibus'
'libical' 'libkeybinder3' 'libnm' 'libnotify' 'libsecret' 'libx11'
- 'libxfixes' 'libxml2' 'muffin' 'network-manager-applet' 'pango'
+ 'libxfixes' 'libxml2' 'mate-polkit' 'muffin' 'network-manager-applet' 'pango'
'papirus-icon-theme' 'polkit' 'python' 'python-cairo' 'python-gobject'
'python-pam' 'python-pexpect' 'python-pillow' 'python-psutil'
'python-pyinotify' 'python-pytz' 'python-requests' 'python-setproctitle'
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@
source=("cinnamon-$pkgver-$pkgrel-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst::https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/cinnamon/download"
'cinnamon.session'
'gwl-grouping-heuristics.patch'
- 'inline-reply-notifications.patch')
+ 'inline-reply-notifications.patch'
+ 'zenity-session-quit.py'
+ 'zenity-run-dialog.py')
sha256sums=('5f09a128f937eff0edd78047eddeae911de1b216c49640e55338a21570c97224'
'1b46a3e8720269ba2c5abf3604835a7aff527abbb1bb401121f8626f74427255'
'f89390f4af9e81219e6e0fa88d61044053dab66b42d53a4748b5d5d82009573a'
- 'a71adbacde83112333df881cc839299df51ca18b9507b95df0430a39cb0f449e')
+ 'a71adbacde83112333df881cc839299df51ca18b9507b95df0430a39cb0f449e'
+ 'SKIP'
+ 'SKIP')
# Disable strip and debug to speed up repackaging
options=('!strip' '!debug' 'emptydirs')
@@ -91,5 +95,28 @@
-e 's|NemoActionsOrganizer|DoryActionsOrganizer|' \
-e 's|\.local/share/nemo/actions|.local/share/dory/actions|' \
"$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_actions.py"
+
+ # Override session quit dialog with GTK3 Zenity dialog
+ install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-session-quit.py" \
+ "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-quit.py"
+ install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-session-quit.py" \
+ "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cinnamon-session-quit"
+
+ # Override run dialog with GTK3 Zenity run dialog
+ install -Dm755 "$srcdir/zenity-run-dialog.py" \
+ "$pkgdir/usr/bin/zenity-run-dialog.py"
+
+ # Patch main.js to route Alt+F2 runDialog, ShowEndSessionDialog, Polkit authentication, NetworkManager secrets, and Keyring prompts to GTK3 helpers
+ if [ -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/main.js" ]; then
+ sed -i \
+ -e 's|runDialog = new RunDialog.RunDialog();|runDialog = { open: function() { Util.spawnCommandLine("/usr/bin/zenity-run-dialog.py"); return true; }, close: function() {}, destroy: function() {} };|' \
+ -e 's|function showEndSessionDialog(mode) {|function showEndSessionDialog(mode) { Util.spawnCommandLine("/usr/bin/cinnamon-session-quit"); return;|' \
+ -e 's|PolkitAuthenticationAgent.init();|// PolkitAuthenticationAgent.init();|' \
+ -e 's|networkAgent = new NetworkAgent.NetworkAgent();|// networkAgent = new NetworkAgent.NetworkAgent();|' \
+ -e 's|KeyringPrompt.init();|// KeyringPrompt.init();|' \
+ "$pkgdir/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/main.js"
+ fi
+
+
}

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