gamecode-cli

LOW
maintainer Malvineous 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658
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Why flagged

The package installs a Node.js CLI tool from the official npm registry using a scoped package; while the version is not pinned and a dependency is installed without explicit declaration, it is part of the normal npm workflow and targets a legitimate, project-related package from a trusted ecosystem.

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 95%): The package installs a Node.js CLI tool from the official npm registry using a scoped package; while the version is not pinned and a dependency is installed without explicit declaration, it is part of the normal npm workflow and targets a legitimate, project-related package from a trusted ecosystem.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
Medium npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package npm_install_external

Runs `npm/yarn/pnpm install <package>` for a package not in source=(), pulling unpinned, unreviewed code at build time. Severity downgraded: the package declares/looks like a Node.js consumer, where build-time installs are expected.

  • PKGBUILD:32 npm install -g --user root --prefer-online --prefix "${pkgdir}/usr" "${_npmscope}/${_npmname}@latest"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1_npmname_base=gamecode
2_npmname=${_npmname_base}-cli
3_npmscope=@camoto
4pkgname=${_npmname} # All lowercase
5pkgver=latest
6pkgrel=1
7pkgdesc="Modify text strings in executable files used by MS-DOS games"
8arch=(any)
9url="http://github.com/Malvineous/${_npmname_base}js"
10license=()
11depends=('nodejs' )
12makedepends=('npm')
13optdepends=()
14
15pkgver() {
16 # Grab the latest version from npmjs.org
17 #npm view "${_npmscope}/${_npmname}@latest" version
18 # ...but as a dodgy hack use the version of the parent package instead. This
19 # way when the base library gets updated this package version number will
20 # change to match, even though technically the package we're installing
21 # hasn't been updated, only one of its dependencies has.
22 npm view "${_npmscope}/${_npmname_base}@latest" version
23}
24
25package() {
26 #npm install -g --user root --prefix "${pkgdir}/usr" "${_npmscope}/${_npmname}@${pkgver}"
27 # We should be installing ${pkgver} but since that is now the parent library
28 # version, it won't match the -cli package version. So we just use 'latest'
29 # to get whatever CLI version is there. It will always install the latest
30 # version of the underlying library because of the '*' spec in package.json
31 # so it should always match the $pkgver.
32 npm install -g --user root --prefer-online --prefix "${pkgdir}/usr" "${_npmscope}/${_npmname}@latest"
33
34 # Non-deterministic race in npm gives 777 permissions to random directories.
35 # See https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/1103 for details.
36 find "${pkgdir}/usr" -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
37
38 # npm gives ownership of ALL FILES to build user
39 # https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63396
40 chown -R root:root "${pkgdir}"
41
42 # Remove references to srcdir/pkgdir
43 find "$pkgdir" -name package.json -print0 | xargs -r -0 sed -i '/_where/d'
44}
45

Scan history

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