ee-editor
The source is a historical tarball from web.archive.org, hosting the original project's source code; building from archived upstream source is normal for legacy software and poses low risk.
Triggered rules
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 95%): The source is a historical tarball from web.archive.org, hosting the original project's source code; building from archived upstream source is normal for legacy software and poses low risk.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:12
source=("http://web.archive.org/web/20120716042037/http://mahon.cwx.net/sources/$_pkgname-$pkgver.src.tgz"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: aksr <aksr at t-com dot me>
pkgname=ee-editor
_pkgname=ee
pkgver=1.5.2
pkgrel=5
_realname='easyedit'
pkgdesc='EasyEdit, a classic curses text editor. Born in HP-UX, used in FreeBSD.'
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url='http://www.users.qwest.net/~hmahon/'
license=('BSD')
depends=(ncurses)
source=("http://web.archive.org/web/20120716042037/http://mahon.cwx.net/sources/$_pkgname-$pkgver.src.tgz"
'BSD-2_clause')
md5sums=('6e32713121f54cd021abf9b6e726a7b5'
'99184c6b857f9d2d49046d2b896f1692')
sha1sums=('da0697f34e407c010754922531b2f94bd7a589f8'
'14719494c1780f00bd2017bfced9ad73e6f26639')
sha256sums=('e08d7511a48b43ee354042fe3fe7d9cb3431238caedcf4ac729c61a447003918'
'5b2531f7c9363e2bc2212cc8e20f321793319bf564353b20a189b852a0e562cb')
prepare() {
cd "$srcdir/$_realname-$pkgver"
sed -i '555s/SIGUNUSED/24/' ee.c
sed -i '247s/-s/& -fcommon/' create.make
}
build() {
cd "$srcdir/$_realname-$pkgver"
./create.make
sed -i 's/-Werror=format-security//' make.local
make -f make.local curses
}
package() {
cd "$srcdir/$_realname-$pkgver"
mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/{bin,share/{man/man1,licenses/$pkgname}}
install -sm755 ee $pkgdir/usr/bin
install -m755 ee.1 $pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1
install -m644 "$srcdir/BSD-2_clause" $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |