falconsdr

LOW

maintainer 9M2PJU 0 votes scanned 2026-10-24 00:14:55.209548

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Why flagged

The package re-packages an official upstream .deb release from the project's GitHub, which is a common and acceptable practice for AUR; the source is verifiable, checksummed, and consists of static files (no remote code execution or obfuscation), though the low vote count and recent upload are minor trust concerns.

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Uploaded within the last 14 days with 2 or fewer community votes — little peer review so far.

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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package re-packages an official upstream .deb release from the project's GitHub, which is a common and acceptable practice for AUR; the source is verifiable, checksummed, and consists of static files (no remote code execution or obfuscation), though the low vote count and recent upload are minor trust concerns.

PKGBUILD

      1# Maintainer: 9M2PJU <9m2pju@gmail.com>
    
      2# Repackages the official self-contained build (PyInstaller bundle:
    
      3# its own Python + numpy/scipy/pyrtlsdrlib + web UI in /opt/falconsdr),
    
      4# so no Python packaging is involved on the Arch side. RTL-SDR only;
    
      5# SoapySDR hardware needs a source install (see upstream README).
    
      6pkgname=falconsdr
    
      7pkgver=0.9.0
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc="Wideband SDR ATC/radio scanner - records only the transmissions it stops on"
    
      10arch=('x86_64')
    
      11url="https://github.com/rafafunt/FalconSDR"
    
      12license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
    
      13depends=('libusb' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'systemd')
    
      14optdepends=('ffmpeg: MP3 recording output (system binary preferred, bundled fallback otherwise)')
    
      15conflicts=('smartscanatc')
    
      16provides=('falconsdr')
    
      17source=("https://github.com/rafafunt/FalconSDR/releases/download/v${pkgver}/falconsdr_${pkgver}_amd64.deb")
    
      18sha256sums=('36842975a8de0835b69753b0030bc63397692f0d8bd762ec7c966c639d63d0a5')
    
      19
    
      20package() {
    
      21  # .deb = ar archive (debian-binary, control.tar.*, data.tar.*); bsdtar
    
      22  # (libarchive, base-devel) extracts the data payload directly.
    
      23  bsdtar -xf "$srcdir/data.tar."* -C "$pkgdir"
    
      24  # The .deb wraps the binary as /usr/bin/falconsdr -> /opt/falconsdr,
    
      25  # ships the desktop entry, icon, udev rule, modprobe blacklist, docs and
    
      26  # licenses already in their FHS locations - nothing to rearrange. Fix up
    
      27  # Debian-isms for Arch:
    
      28  # - udev rules belong in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d on Arch, not /etc.
    
      29  if [ -f "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/60-rtl-sdr.rules" ]; then
    
      30    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d"
    
      31    mv "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/60-rtl-sdr.rules" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-rtl-sdr.rules"
    
      32    rmdir -p "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d" 2>/dev/null || true
    
      33  fi
    
      34  # - modprobe blacklist is location-independent (/etc/modprobe.d is correct).
    
      35  # - udev file trigger so the RTL-SDR rule takes effect on install/remove.
    
      36  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks"
    
      37  cat > "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/60-rtl-sdr-udev.hook" <<'HOOK'
    
      38[Trigger]
    
      39Type = File
    
      40Operation = Install
    
      41Operation = Remove
    
      42Target = usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-rtl-sdr.rules
    
      43
    
      44[Action]
    
      45Description = Reloading udev rules for RTL-SDR...
    
      46When = PostTransaction
    
      47Exec = /bin/sh -c 'udevadm control --reload-rules 2>/dev/null; udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=usb 2>/dev/null; true'
    
      48HOOK
    
      49}
    
      50

Scan history

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2026-10-23 19:38:15	Low	2