notesnook
The npm install of 'sqlite-better-trigram' is a direct, declared dependency in the build process from the official npm registry, not an undeclared external package injection; it is part of the project's legitimate build flow.
Triggered rules
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 npm install of 'sqlite-better-trigram' is a direct, declared dependency in the build process from the official npm registry, not an undeclared external package injection; it is part of the project's legitimate build flow.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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.
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PKGBUILD:100
npm install sqlite-better-trigram
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
# Contributor: begin-theadventure <begin-thecontact.ncncb at dralias dot com>
# Contributor: joelvaz0x01 <joelvaz dot whitehat at gmail dot com>
# Contributor: Dawid Weglarz <dawid.weglarz95@gmail.com>
# Contributor: candroid_man <candroid_man@protonmail.com>
# Contributor: Ada <adadonderr@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Christian Finnberg <christian@finnberg.net>
pkgname=notesnook
_pkgname=Notesnook
pkgver=3.4.10
_electronversion=37
_nodeversion=22
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote."
arch=(
'aarch64'
'x86_64'
)
url="https://notesnook.com/"
_ghurl="https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook"
license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
provides=("${pkgname}=${pkgver}")
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
depends=(
"electron${_electronversion}"
)
makedepends=(
'nvm'
'npm'
'zip'
'python-setuptools'
'jq'
)
source=(
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::${_ghurl}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
"${pkgname}.desktop"
"${pkgname}.js"
"${pkgname}.sh"
)
sha256sums=('e69318868f9426780af99e38c6d2ca4a4d71f1dc532db1dbcbabec63a86b1a73'
'102a538ee9432310d854842a578cd3371df0431b4db617479de66aa45b5f2440'
'562897be8a17076176f8d985c0d7bc1c685f2e7c9b3a932339ce015963243627'
'9417ba033cfc980d6723978dc5fca100cbec6da78e5494f9e64960e4efec8c21')
_get_project_dir() {
local d
while IFS= read -r d; do
find "$d" -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && { echo "$d"; return; }
done < <(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d ! -name '.*')
}
_ensure_local_nvm() {
local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
}
_get_app_dir() {
find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -printf '%h\n' 2>/dev/null \
| while read -r d; do [[ -d "${d}/resources" ]] && { echo "$d"; return 0; }; done
}
_get_electron_version() {
_elec_ver=$(find "$(_get_project_dir)" -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -print \
| xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null \
| grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
[[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
(( _elec_ver == _electronversion )) && c=32 || c=31
echo -e "Electron version: \033[1;${c}m${_elec_ver}$([[ $c -eq 31 ]] && echo " (expected ${_electronversion})")\033[0m"
}
_set_build_env() {
export ELECTRON_DIST="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
export ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH="${ELECTRON_DIST}"
export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
export ELECTRON_BUILDER_OFFLINE=true
export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/^v//')"
export HOME="${srcdir}/.home"
export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
export npm_config_cache="${HOME}/.npm_cache"
export COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY="${COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY:-${NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY:-https://registry.npmjs.org}}"
export COREPACK_HOME="${HOME}/.corepack"
export npm_config_audit=false
export npm_config_registry="${NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY:-${npm_config_registry:-https://registry.npmjs.org}}"
mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${npm_config_cache}" "${COREPACK_HOME}"
}
prepare() {
cd "$(_get_project_dir)"
_get_electron_version
sed -i -e "
s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
" "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.js"
_ensure_local_nvm
_set_build_env
sed -i "s/npm \${/NODE_ENV=development npm \${/g" scripts/bootstrap.mjs
export NODE_ENV=development
npm install --ignore-scripts --prefer-offline --no-audit
npm run bootstrap -- --scope=web
npm run bootstrap -- --scope=desktop
cd "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/desktop"
npm install sqlite-better-trigram
}
build() {
cd "$(_get_project_dir)"
_ensure_local_nvm
_set_build_env
export NODE_ENV=production
npm run tx @notesnook/web:build:desktop
cd apps/desktop
jq --arg ver "${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}" '.devDependencies.electron = $ver' package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json
npm run bundle
cp -r "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/web/build" "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/desktop"
npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${ELECTRON_DIST} --config=electron-builder.config.js"
rm -rf "$(_get_app_dir)/resources/default_app.asar"
}
package() {
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.js" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
cp -a "$(_get_app_dir)/resources/." "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
_icon_sizes=(16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256 512x512 1024x1024)
for _icons in "${_icon_sizes[@]}";do
install -Dm644 "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/desktop/assets/icons/${_icons}.png" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_icons}/apps/${pkgname}.png"
done
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
}
Changes since previous scan
--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-26 00:12+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ # Contributor: Christian Finnberg <christian@finnberg.net> pkgname=notesnook _pkgname=Notesnook-pkgver=3.4.9+pkgver=3.4.10 _electronversion=37 _nodeversion=22 pkgrel=1@@ -34,25 +34,36 @@ source=( "${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::${_ghurl}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz" "${pkgname}.desktop"+ "${pkgname}.js" "${pkgname}.sh" )-sha256sums=('0a48d6b42e851706c8e6d88fc8ef7d624c898dd65206a137bdc6ff924fdd54b6'+sha256sums=('e69318868f9426780af99e38c6d2ca4a4d71f1dc532db1dbcbabec63a86b1a73' '102a538ee9432310d854842a578cd3371df0431b4db617479de66aa45b5f2440'- 'bd5358d8f323d3c2c2f0733364ee4ea55f551dd86ba0be2a76846210b60897fc')-_ensure_local_nvm() {- local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"- source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]- nvm install "${_nodeversion}"- nvm use "${_nodeversion}"-}+ '562897be8a17076176f8d985c0d7bc1c685f2e7c9b3a932339ce015963243627'+ '9417ba033cfc980d6723978dc5fca100cbec6da78e5494f9e64960e4efec8c21') _get_project_dir() { local d while IFS= read -r d; do find "$d" -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && { echo "$d"; return; } done < <(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d ! -name '.*') }+_ensure_local_nvm() {+ local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"+ source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]+ nvm install "${_nodeversion}"+ nvm use "${_nodeversion}"+} _get_app_dir() {- find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -print 2>/dev/null | while read f; do [ -d "${f%/*}/resources" ] && echo "${f%/*}" && break; done+ find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -printf '%h\n' 2>/dev/null \+ | while read -r d; do [[ -d "${d}/resources" ]] && { echo "$d"; return 0; }; done+}+_get_electron_version() {+ _elec_ver=$(find "$(_get_project_dir)" -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -print \+ | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null \+ | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)+ [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1+ (( _elec_ver == _electronversion )) && c=32 || c=31+ echo -e "Electron version: \033[1;${c}m${_elec_ver}$([[ $c -eq 31 ]] && echo " (expected ${_electronversion})")\033[0m" } _set_build_env() { export ELECTRON_DIST="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"@@ -71,26 +82,16 @@ export npm_config_registry="${NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY:-${npm_config_registry:-https://registry.npmjs.org}}" mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${npm_config_cache}" "${COREPACK_HOME}" }-_get_electron_version() {- _elec_ver=$(find "$(_get_project_dir)" -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -print \- | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null \- | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^[^0-9]*//' | head -1)- [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1- echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"-} prepare() { cd "$(_get_project_dir)" _get_electron_version sed -i -e " s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g- s/@runname@/app.asar/g- s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g- " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"+ " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.js" _ensure_local_nvm _set_build_env sed -i "s/npm \${/NODE_ENV=development npm \${/g" scripts/bootstrap.mjs- find apps -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/\'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname}\'/g" {} + export NODE_ENV=development npm install --ignore-scripts --prefer-offline --no-audit npm run bootstrap -- --scope=web@@ -102,25 +103,24 @@ cd "$(_get_project_dir)" _ensure_local_nvm _set_build_env- local _src="$(_get_project_dir)" export NODE_ENV=production npm run tx @notesnook/web:build:desktop cd apps/desktop jq --arg ver "${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}" '.devDependencies.electron = $ver' package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json npm run bundle- cp -r "${_src}/apps/web/build" "${_src}/apps/desktop"+ cp -r "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/web/build" "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/desktop" npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${ELECTRON_DIST} --config=electron-builder.config.js"+ rm -rf "$(_get_app_dir)/resources/default_app.asar" } package() { install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"- install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"- local _app_dir="$(_get_app_dir)"- cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/." "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"- local _src="$(_get_project_dir)"+ install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.js" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"+ cp -a "$(_get_app_dir)/resources/." "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/" _icon_sizes=(16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256 512x512 1024x1024) for _icons in "${_icon_sizes[@]}";do- install -Dm644 "${_src}/apps/desktop/assets/icons/${_icons}.png" \+ install -Dm644 "$(_get_project_dir)/apps/desktop/assets/icons/${_icons}.png" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_icons}/apps/${pkgname}.png" done install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications" }+Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 23:46:04 | Medium | 1 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 09:34:24 | Medium | 1 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Low | 2 |