hercules
The source URL is on a project-specific domain (hercules-390.eu) which is plausibly official for the project; the download is a standard source tarball, not a prebuilt binary, and the build process is transparent; the non-whitelisted host is not inherently risky given the context of a legitimate project-hosted source.
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 URL is on a project-specific domain (hercules-390.eu) which is plausibly official for the project; the download is a standard source tarball, not a prebuilt binary, and the build process is transparent; the non-whitelisted host is not inherently risky given the context of a legitimate project-hosted source.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:16
source=("http://downloads.hercules-390.eu/$pkgname-${pkgver%.00}.tar.gz")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer:
# Contributor: Alexander F Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Kevin Piche <kevin@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Jaroslav Lichtblau <svetlemodry@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Tom Newsom <Jeepster@gmx.co.uk>
pkgname=hercules
pkgver=3.13.00
pkgrel=3
pkgdesc='Software implementation of System/370 and ESA/390'
arch=('x86_64')
url='http://www.hercules-390.eu/'
license=('custom')
depends=('bzip2' 'libnsl' 'zlib')
options=('!makeflags')
source=("http://downloads.hercules-390.eu/$pkgname-${pkgver%.00}.tar.gz")
sha512sums=('76f75ef3f1eb10c0fac0d6fa1ab9809b8d1dfe3deccbcd69366b05ee58f1ecb8ea0f387f7201ab4722b121478676f00e707ad27b6ecf1980fb09e900de63d718')
prepare() {
ln -sf "$pkgname-${pkgver%.00}" p
# Change module extension from .la to .so.
sed '/HDL_MODULE_SUFFIX/ s/\.la/.so/' -i p/hdl.h
}
build() {
cd p
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-optimization=-O3
make
}
package() {
cd p
DESTDIR="$pkgdir" make install
install -Dm644 COPYRIGHT "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/hercules/qpl1"
}
# vim: ts=2 sw=2 et:
# getver: raw.githubusercontent.com/rbowler/spinhawk/master/makemsi/Hercules-W64.VER
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-13 00:23:45 | Low | 2 |