cosbrowser-bin

maintainer Geequlim · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package repackages an official AppImage from Tencent Cloud's domain, which is a legitimate source; the build process is transparent and involves no untrusted code execution or obfuscation, though the host is not on a standard whitelist.

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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 AppImage from Tencent Cloud's domain, which is a legitimate source; the build process is transparent and involves no untrusted code execution or obfuscation, though the host is not on a standard whitelist.

PKGBUILD

1_FORCE_ts=20260731025535
2# Maintainer: Geequlim <geequlim@gmail.com>
3
4# Ensure UTF-8 locale for files with non-ASCII names during packaging.
5export LANG=C.UTF-8
6export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
7
8pkgname=cosbrowser-bin
9pkgver=2.11.26
10_upstream_ver=2.11.26
11_zip_url=https://cosbrowser.cloud.tencent.com/cosbrowser-latest-linux.zip
12pkgrel=4
13pkgdesc='Tencent Cloud COS client (repacked from official AppImage)'
14arch=('x86_64')
15url='https://cosbrowser.cloud.tencent.com/'
16license=('custom')
17depends=('hicolor-icon-theme' 'desktop-file-utils')
18provides=("${pkgname%-bin}=${pkgver}")
19conflicts=("${pkgname%-bin}")
20source=("cosbrowser-linux.zip::${_zip_url}")
21sha256sums=('390f2654dc3b78e5dd4439213631a33870cd0479208721bd3c02e79d03d3dd37')
22options=('!strip')
23
24prepare() {
25 cd "$srcdir"
26
27 # Clean previous extraction artifacts.
28 rm -rf squashfs-root cosbrowser-*.AppImage
29
30 # Unzip only the AppImage; ignore the macOS __MACOSX junk.
31 bsdtar -xf cosbrowser-linux.zip --exclude='__MACOSX' --exclude='*/.*'
32
33 local appimage
34 appimage=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'cosbrowser-*.AppImage' -print -quit || true)
35 if [[ -z "$appimage" ]]; then
36 echo "cosbrowser AppImage not found in upstream zip" >&2
37 exit 1
38 fi
39
40 chmod +x "$appimage"
41 ./"$appimage" --appimage-extract >/dev/null
42
43 # Prefer the desktop file shipped inside the AppImage.
44 local desktop_src
45 desktop_src=$(find squashfs-root -type f -name '*.desktop' -print -quit || true)
46 if [[ -n "$desktop_src" ]]; then
47 cp "$desktop_src" "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"
48 else
49 cat > "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop" <<'DESKTOP'
50[Desktop Entry]
51Type=Application
52Name=cosbrowser
53Exec=cosbrowser
54Icon=cosbrowser
55Categories=Utility;
56Terminal=false
57Comment=COSBrowser - Tencent Cloud COS Client
58DESKTOP
59 fi
60
61 # Force the wrapper script as the Exec target. These flags are required for
62 # the app to launch: --no-sandbox (no SUID chrome-sandbox under /opt) and
63 # --disable-gpu (avoids GPU init failures / blank window on some setups).
64 sed -i 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=cosbrowser --no-sandbox --disable-gpu %U/' "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"
65
66 # Normalize Icon to the package name (it already is, but be safe against paths).
67 if grep -Eq '^Icon=.+/' "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop" || grep -Eq '^Icon=.+\.png$' "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"; then
68 sed -i 's/^Icon=.*/Icon=cosbrowser/' "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"
69 fi
70
71 if ! grep -q '^Name=' "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"; then
72 echo 'Name=cosbrowser' >> "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop"
73 fi
74
75 # Stash a copy of the main icon (the AppImage ships a single 0x0 entry that
76 # most desktop environments cannot resolve, so we reinstall it at a standard
77 # hicolor size in package()).
78 local icon_src
79 icon_src=$(find squashfs-root/usr/share/icons -type f -name 'cosbrowser.png' -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)
80 if [[ -z "$icon_src" ]]; then
81 icon_src=$(find squashfs-root -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'cosbrowser.png' -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)
82 fi
83 if [[ -n "$icon_src" ]]; then
84 cp "$icon_src" "$srcdir/cosbrowser.png"
85 fi
86}
87
88package() {
89 cd "$srcdir"
90
91 install -d "$pkgdir/opt/cosbrowser"
92 cp -a --no-preserve=ownership squashfs-root/. "$pkgdir/opt/cosbrowser/"
93 chmod -R a+rX "$pkgdir/opt/cosbrowser"
94 [[ -f "$pkgdir/opt/cosbrowser/AppRun" ]] && chmod 755 "$pkgdir/opt/cosbrowser/AppRun"
95
96 # Wrapper script. Both --no-sandbox (no SUID chrome-sandbox under /opt) and
97 # --disable-gpu are required for the app to launch reliably. We also reuse
98 # the Wayland-hybrid workaround from layaair-ide since this is also an
99 # Electron app that can render a black window on native Wayland.
100 install -Dm755 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cosbrowser" <<'EOF_WRAPPER'
101#!/bin/sh
102
103# Required launch flags: --no-sandbox (no SUID chrome-sandbox under /opt) and
104# --disable-gpu (avoids GPU init failures / blank window on some setups).
105set -- --no-sandbox --disable-gpu "$@"
106
107# Electron can render a black window on native Wayland with hybrid
108# Intel/NVIDIA graphics. Prefer XWayland there, while allowing callers to
109# select an Ozone backend explicitly.
110if [ "${XDG_SESSION_TYPE:-}" = 'wayland' ] && [ -n "${DISPLAY:-}" ]; then
111 has_ozone_platform=false
112 for arg in "$@"; do
113 case "$arg" in
114 --ozone-platform|--ozone-platform=*)
115 has_ozone_platform=true
116 break
117 ;;
118 esac
119 done
120
121 if [ "$has_ozone_platform" = false ]; then
122 set -- --ozone-platform=x11 "$@"
123 fi
124fi
125
126exec /opt/cosbrowser/AppRun "$@"
127EOF_WRAPPER
128
129 install -Dm644 "$srcdir/cosbrowser.desktop" \
130 "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/cosbrowser.desktop"
131
132 # Install the icon at a standard hicolor size. The upstream AppImage only
133 # ships a broken 0x0 entry, so do NOT copy its icons tree verbatim; install
134 # the single png at 512x512 (the file is high enough resolution).
135 if [[ -f "$srcdir/cosbrowser.png" ]]; then
136 install -Dm644 "$srcdir/cosbrowser.png" \
137 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/cosbrowser.png"
138 fi
139}
140

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-31 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-_FORCE_ts=20260730054939
+_FORCE_ts=20260731025535
# Maintainer: Geequlim <geequlim@gmail.com>
# Ensure UTF-8 locale for files with non-ASCII names during packaging.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
pkgver=2.11.26
_upstream_ver=2.11.26
_zip_url=https://cosbrowser.cloud.tencent.com/cosbrowser-latest-linux.zip
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
pkgdesc='Tencent Cloud COS client (repacked from official AppImage)'
arch=('x86_64')
url='https://cosbrowser.cloud.tencent.com/'

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