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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 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 |