mkeditor-git

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
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Why flagged The npx command is used to run 'tsc' and 'electron-builder' locally after dependencies are installed via npm; these are standard build tools for the project and not executing arbitrary remote code.

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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 npx command is used to run 'tsc' and 'electron-builder' locally after dependencies are installed via npm; these are standard build tools for the project and not executing arbitrary remote code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
MEDIUM npx/bunx/deno executes a remote package remote_code_tool

`npx`/`bunx`/`pnpm dlx`/`deno run <url>` downloads AND runs a remote package at build time — the moral equivalent of piping a download into a shell. Severity downgraded: Node.js consumer context.

  • PKGBUILD:95 NODE_ENV=production npx tsc src/app/*.ts --outDir ./dist/app

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=mkeditor-git
3_pkgname=MKEditor
4pkgver=3.8.1.r0.g7ff9f47
5_electronversion=42
6_nodeversion=22
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc="The simple markdown editor.(Use system-wide electron)"
9arch=('any')
10url="https://versyxdigital.github.io/mkeditor"
11_ghurl="https://github.com/versyxdigital/mkeditor"
12license=("MIT")
13conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
14provides=("${pkgname%-git}=${pkgver%.r*}")
15depends=(
16 "electron${_electronversion}"
17)
18makedepends=(
19 'npm'
20 'git'
21 'nvm'
22 'gendesk'
23 'curl'
24 'jq'
25)
26source=(
27 "${pkgname//-/.}::git+${_ghurl}.git"
28 "${pkgname%-git}.sh"
29)
30sha256sums=('SKIP'
31 'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
32pkgver() {
33 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
34 set -o pipefail
35 git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/v//g' ||
36 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
37}
38_ensure_local_nvm() {
39 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
40 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
41 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
42 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
43}
44_get_electron_version() {
45 _elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 5 -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" \
46 -exec grep -l '"electron"' {} + | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null | head -1)
47 [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
48 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"
49}
50prepare() {
51 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
52 _get_electron_version
53 sed -i -e "
54 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
55 s/@appname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
56 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
57 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
58 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh"
59 gendesk -q -f -n \
60 --pkgname="${pkgname%-git}" \
61 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
62 --categories="AudioVideo" \
63 --name="${_pkgname}" \
64 --exec="${pkgname%-git} %U"
65 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
66 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
67 local HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
68 export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
69 export NPM_CONFIG_MAXSOCKETS=32
70 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
71 {
72 export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
73 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
74 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
75 export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
76 export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/"
77 export ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron-builder-binaries/"
78 }
79 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
80 fi
81 _ensure_local_nvm
82 find src -type f -exec sed -i "s/icon\.ico/icon\.png/g" {} +
83 sed -e "
84 s/\/\${platform}\/\${arch}//g
85 s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g
86 " -i package.json
87 rm -rf dist releases
88 NODE_ENV=development npm install
89}
90build() {
91 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
92 _ensure_local_nvm
93 NODE_ENV=production npm run build-editor
94 NODE_ENV=production npm run build-app
95 NODE_ENV=production npx tsc src/app/*.ts --outDir ./dist/app
96 cp src/app/assets/icon.png dist/app/assets/
97 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
98 NODE_ENV=production npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist}"
99}
100package() {
101 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
102 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
103 local _app_dir=$(find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1)
104 cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}/"
105 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/build/resources/icon256x256.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
106 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/build/resources/icon512x512.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
107 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/${pkgname%-git}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
108 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
109}
110

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