nmgui

maintainer mattkavs · 3 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The pip install occurs only if python-nmcli is not already installed system-wide, and installs the legitimate nmcli package; this is a common fallback for optional dependencies and does not execute 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-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The pip install occurs only if python-nmcli is not already installed system-wide, and installs the legitimate nmcli package; this is a common fallback for optional dependencies and does not execute untrusted code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM pip install of an external package pip_install_external

`pip install <package>` fetches an unpinned package from PyPI at build time, outside source=() and makepkg's checksums.

PKGBUILD:29 pip install nmcli

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Matthew Kavanagh (https://github.com/mkavanagh-23)
    
      2# Original Author: Aditya Singh (https://github.com/s-adi-dev)
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=nmgui
    
      5pkgver=1.0.0  # Update this to the actual latest release version
    
      6pkgrel=2
    
      7pkgdesc="A simple and lightweight GTK4-based GUI for managing Wi-Fi and network connections using NetworkManager (nmcli) under the hood."
    
      8arch=('x86_64')
    
      9url="https://github.com/s-adi-dev/nmgui"
    
      10license=('GPL3')
    
      11depends=('gtk4' 'networkmanager' 'python-gobject')
    
      12makedepends=('git' 'nuitka' 'python-pip' 'python-virtualenv')
    
      13optdepends=('python-nmcli: for enhanced NetworkManager integration')
    
      14options=('!strip' '!debug') # Keep all symbols
    
      15conflicts=('nmgui-git' 'nmgui-bin')
    
      16source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::${url}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
    
      17sha256sums=('642745149b71ed38d068eafe012112b92e40816bf3d5eaacba4f7ea3ce4b813c')  # Replace with actual checksum
    
      18
    
      19build() {
    
      20    cd "$srcdir/nmgui-${pkgver}/build"
    
      21
    
      22    # Set up the python build environment
    
      23    python -m venv --system-site-packages build_env
    
      24    source build_env/bin/activate
    
      25
    
      26    # Check for system-installed python-nmcli
    
      27    if ! python -c "import nmcli" 2>/dev/null; then
    
      28      echo "Package python-nmcli not found. Installing via pip"
    
      29      pip install nmcli
    
      30    else
    
      31      echo "Package python-nmcli found. Using system package"
    
      32    fi
    
      33    export PYTHONPATH="$(python -c 'import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])'):$PYTHONPATH"
    
      34
    
      35    # Build the executable binary
    
      36    chmod +x build.bin
    
      37    ./build.bin
    
      38
    
      39    # Deactivate the python venv
    
      40    deactivate
    
      41}
    
      42
    
      43package() {
    
      44    cd "$srcdir/nmgui-${pkgver}"
    
      45    
    
      46    # Install the compiled binary
    
      47    install -Dm755 dist/main.bin "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nmgui"
    
      48    
    
      49    # Install desktop file if it exists
    
      50    if [ -f "nmgui.desktop" ]; then
    
      51        install -Dm644 nmgui.desktop "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/nmgui.desktop"
    
      52    fi
    
      53    
    
      54    # Install documentation
    
      55    if [ -f "README.md" ]; then
    
      56        install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
    
      57    fi
    
      58    if [ -f "LICENSE" ]; then
    
      59        install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
    
      60    fi
    
      61}
    
      62

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