jlink-software-and-documentation

maintainer AlexisPolti · 58 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package downloads official JLink software from Segger's own domain (segger.com), which is the legitimate vendor; despite the static analyzer flag for a non-standard host, this is a normal and trusted source for the software, and the package installs only vendor-provided binaries and data without executing untrusted code.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads official JLink software from Segger's own domain (segger.com), which is the legitimate vendor; despite the static analyzer flag for a non-standard host, this is a normal and trusted source for the software, and the package installs only vendor-provided binaries and data without executing untrusted code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:13 source_x86_64=("JLink_Linux_${pkgver/./}_x86_64.tgz::https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_x86_64.tgz")

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Alexis Polti <ArchSegger at gmail dot com>
    
      2# Maintainer: pzl <alsoelp at gmail dot com>
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=jlink-software-and-documentation
    
      5pkgver=9.64
    
      6pkgrel=2
    
      7epoch=65
    
      8pkgdesc="Segger JLink software & documentation pack for Linux"
    
      9arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv7h' 'aarch64' )
    
      10license=('custom' 'GPLv2')
    
      11groups=('jlink')
    
      12depends=('glibc' 'libudev0-shim' 'patch')
    
      13source_x86_64=("JLink_Linux_${pkgver/./}_x86_64.tgz::https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_x86_64.tgz")
    
      14source_i686=("JLink_Linux_${pkgver/./}_i686.tgz::https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_i386.tgz")
    
      15source_armv7h=("JLink_Linux_${pkgver/./}_arm.tgz::https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_arm.tgz")
    
      16source_aarch64=("JLink_Linux_${pkgver/./}_arm64.tgz::https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_arm64.tgz")
    
      17source=("99-jlink.rules.patch" "99-jlink-cmsis-dap.rules" "JLink.svg")
    
      18desktops=(
    
      19        "JFlashExe.desktop"
    
      20        "JFlashLiteExe.desktop"
    
      21        "JFlashSPI_CL.desktop"
    
      22        "JFlashSPIExe.desktop"
    
      23        "JLinkConfigExe.desktop"
    
      24        "JLinkExe.desktop"
    
      25        "JLinkGDBServer.desktop"
    
      26        "JLinkGUIServerExe.desktop"
    
      27        "JLinkLicenseManager.desktop"
    
      28        "JLinkRegistration.desktop"
    
      29        "JLinkRemoteServer.desktop"
    
      30        "JLinkRTTClient.desktop"
    
      31        "JLinkRTTLogger.desktop"
    
      32        "JLinkRTTViewer.desktop"
    
      33        "JLinkSWOViewerExe.desktop"
    
      34        "JMemExe.desktop"
    
      35        "JRunExe.desktop"
    
      36        "JTAGLoadExe.desktop"
    
      37)
    
      38source+=(${desktops[@]})
    
      39md5sums_x86_64=('e980f3ce4260763bc13ed695e28a88e3')
    
      40md5sums_i686=('4b4af036f65cf9ce053e6d3fd481c2de')
    
      41md5sums_aarch64=('e85d0da684116ab2a39fc2ff20da1fbe')
    
      42md5sums_armv7h=('4cabbd236cc2a5bbac6a755b00de464f')
    
      43
    
      44md5sums=("a57d93b791581c1f36e4c672303bb85d"
    
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      47         "7b0897db15242f4130f4d38ffe17a329"
    
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      60         "413a5481a768a5791b8b1babdc7a367d"
    
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      64         "e1d104e5ee6fada9b673707b8b3e6616"
    
      65        )
    
      66
    
      67install=$pkgname.install
    
      68url="https://www.segger.com/jlink-software.html"
    
      69conflicts=("j-link-software-and-documentation")
    
      70replaces=("j-link-software-and-documentation")
    
      71DLAGENTS=("https::/usr/bin/env curl -o %o -d accept_license_agreement=accepted -d non_emb_ctr=confirmed")
    
      72options=(!strip)
    
      73
    
      74prepare() {
    
      75    # Change src path name
    
      76    if [ ${CARCH} = "i686" ]; then
    
      77        mv JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_i386 JLink
    
      78    fi
    
      79    if [ ${CARCH} = "x86_64" ]; then
    
      80        mv JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_x86_64 JLink
    
      81    fi
    
      82    if [ ${CARCH} = "armv7h" ]; then
    
      83        mv JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_arm JLink
    
      84    fi
    
      85    if [ ${CARCH} = "aarch64" ]; then
    
      86       mv JLink_Linux_V${pkgver/./}_arm64 JLink
    
      87    fi
    
      88}
    
      89
    
      90package(){
    
      91    # Match package placement from their .deb, in /opt
    
      92    install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/opt/SEGGER/JLink" \
    
      93            "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}" \
    
      94            "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/" \
    
      95            "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/" \
    
      96            "${pkgdir}/etc/" \
    
      97            "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/" \
    
      98            "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/" \
    
      99            "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps" \
    
      100            "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
      101
    
      102    # Install desktop entry
    
      103    for i in "${desktops[@]}"
    
      104    do
    
      105        install -Dm644 "${i}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/"
    
      106    done
    
      107    install -Dm644 "JLink.svg" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/JLink.svg"
    
      108
    
      109    cd "${srcdir}/JLink"
    
      110
    
      111    # Bulk copy everything
    
      112    if [ ${CARCH} = "armv7h" ]; then
    
      113        cp --preserve=mode -r J* DDC* DevProExe Script README.txt GDBServer Firmwares lib* "${pkgdir}/opt/SEGGER/JLink"
    
      114    else cp --preserve=mode -r J* Doc DDC* DevProExe Script Samples ETC README.txt Firmwares GDBServer lib* "${pkgdir}/opt/SEGGER/JLink"
    
      115    fi
    
      116    if [ ${CARCH} = "x86_64" ]; then
    
      117        cp --preserve=mode -r x86 "${pkgdir}/opt/SEGGER/JLink"
    
      118    fi
    
      119
    
      120    # Copy ETC/JFlash at the right place
    
      121    rm -f ${pkgdir}/etc/JFlash
    
      122    cp --preserve=mode -r ETC/JFlash "${pkgdir}/etc/"
    
      123
    
      124    # Create links where needed
    
      125    ln -s /opt/SEGGER/JLink/Doc/LicenseIncGUI.txt "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/"
    
      126    sed -i 's/0x//g' 99-jlink.rules
    
      127    patch -i "${srcdir}/99-jlink.rules.patch" 99-jlink.rules
    
      128    install -Dm644 99-jlink.rules -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/"
    
      129    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/99-jlink-cmsis-dap.rules" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/"
    
      130    rm -f "${pkgdir}/etc/udev/rules.d/99-jlink.rules"
    
      131
    
      132    for f in J*; do
    
      133        ln -s /opt/SEGGER/JLink/"$f" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      134    done
    
      135
    
      136    ln -s /opt/SEGGER/JLink/DevProExe "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      137
    
      138    for f in Doc/*; do
    
      139        ln -s /opt/SEGGER/JLink/"$f" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
    
      140    done
    
      141}
    
      142

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-23 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: pzl <alsoelp at gmail dot com>
 
 pkgname=jlink-software-and-documentation
-pkgver=9.62
+pkgver=9.64
 pkgrel=2
 epoch=65
 pkgdesc="Segger JLink software & documentation pack for Linux"
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
         "JTAGLoadExe.desktop"
 )
 source+=(${desktops[@]})
-md5sums_x86_64=('abb96cbfcb3e3838eba15680f8e64709')
-md5sums_i686=('187f4a7ef851869734f5dd07dd5184dd')
-md5sums_aarch64=('b1c6f8c32c598c2d45a1c60f39d9a493')
-md5sums_armv7h=('ffb3db141b6761492fb99c9a8c668a14')
+md5sums_x86_64=('e980f3ce4260763bc13ed695e28a88e3')
+md5sums_i686=('4b4af036f65cf9ce053e6d3fd481c2de')
+md5sums_aarch64=('e85d0da684116ab2a39fc2ff20da1fbe')
+md5sums_armv7h=('4cabbd236cc2a5bbac6a755b00de464f')
 
 md5sums=("a57d93b791581c1f36e4c672303bb85d"
          "02c4941650a2bd345b03dd958313d4c5"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 17:15:21	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-23 00:14:47	CLEAN	2
2026-07-22 15:20:42	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2
2026-07-15 23:49:53	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-10 00:20:30	CLEAN	2
2026-07-09 17:31:50	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-01 18:42:17	CLEAN	2
2026-06-25 18:23:17	CLEAN	2
2026-06-21 04:09:38	CLEAN	2