less-reader-git

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The npm install runs during prepare() but is part of building the project from its own source; it installs declared dependencies from a trusted mirror in China, not an undeclared external package, and uses a system-wide Electron, posing no remote code execution or supply-chain risk.

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 90%): The npm install runs during prepare() but is part of building the project from its own source; it installs declared dependencies from a trusted mirror in China, not an undeclared external package, and uses a system-wide Electron, posing no remote code execution or supply-chain risk.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:78 NODE_ENV=development npm install --force @swc/core

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=less-reader-git
3_pkgname='Less Reader'
4_zhsname='简阅'
5pkgver=0.0.8.r0.g334f547
6_electronversion=35
7_nodeversion=20
8pkgrel=1
9pkgdesc="An e-book reader developed based on Electron + Vue 3. Supported formats: epub, mobi, azw3, pdf, txt.(Use system-wide electron)"
10arch=('any')
11url="https://github.com/laowus/Less-Reader"
12license=('Apache-2.0')
13conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
14provides=("${pkgname%-git}=${pkgver%.r*}")
15depends=(
16 "electron${_electronversion}"
17)
18makedepends=(
19 'gendesk'
20 'npm'
21 'nvm'
22 'git'
23 'curl'
24)
25source=(
26 "${pkgname%-git}.git::git+${url}"
27 "${pkgname%-git}.sh"
28)
29sha256sums=('SKIP'
30 '291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
31pkgver() {
32 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
33 set -o pipefail
34 git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/v//g' ||
35 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
36}
37_ensure_local_nvm() {
38 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
39 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
40 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
41 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
42}
43prepare() {
44 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
45 sed -i -e "
46 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
47 s/@appname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
48 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
49 s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
50 s/@options@/env ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto/g
51 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh"
52 _ensure_local_nvm
53 gendesk -q -f -n \
54 --pkgname="${pkgname%-git}" \
55 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
56 --categories="Utility" \
57 --name="${_pkgname}" \
58 --exec="${pkgname%-git} %U" \
59 --custom="Name[zh_CN]=${_pkgname}"
60 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
61 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
62 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
63 {
64 echo -e '\n'
65 #echo 'build_from_source=true'
66 echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
67 } >> .npmrc
68 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
69 {
70 echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
71 echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
72 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
73 } >> .npmrc
74 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
75 fi
76 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
77 NODE_ENV=development npm install
78 NODE_ENV=development npm install --force @swc/core
79}
80build() {
81 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git"
82 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
83 NODE_ENV=production npm run build
84 NODE_ENV=production npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist}"
85}
86package() {
87 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
88 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/output/linux-"*/resources/app.asar -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
89 cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/output/linux-"*/resources/app.asar.unpacked "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
90 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/${pkgname%-git}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
91 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.git/public/icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
92}

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