orca-desktop-git

LOW
maintainer mishakmak 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658
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Why flagged

The npx command is used to run electron-packager on the project's own source code from a git checkout, which is a standard part of building the application; this is not an execution of a remote untrusted package.

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 npx command is used to run electron-packager on the project's own source code from a git checkout, which is a standard part of building the application; this is not an execution of a remote untrusted package.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:29 HOME="$srcdir/.electron-gyp" npx electron-packager . "${_pkgname}" --platform=linux --arch=x64 --out build/ --overwrite --icon=icon.ico

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: Misha <mishakmak at gmail dot com>
2pkgname=orca-desktop-git
3pkgver=r1370.61a3731
4pkgrel=1
5pkgdesc='Electron GUI for the Orca live-coding environment'
6arch=('x86_64')
7url='https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca'
8license=('MIT')
9depends=('electron')
10makedepends=('git' 'npm')
11optdepends=('pilot-git')
12provides=("${pkgname%-git}")
13conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}" "${pkgname%-git}-bin")
14source=("${pkgname%-git}::git+$url.git")
15sha256sums=('SKIP')
16
17pkgver() {
18 cd "$srcdir/${pkgname%-git}"
19 ( set -o pipefail
20 git describe --long 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' ||
21 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
22 )
23}
24
25build() {
26 cd "$srcdir/${pkgname%-git}/desktop"
27
28 HOME="$srcdir/.electron-gyp" npm install
29 HOME="$srcdir/.electron-gyp" npx electron-packager . "${_pkgname}" --platform=linux --arch=x64 --out build/ --overwrite --icon=icon.ico
30}
31
32package() {
33 cd "$srcdir/${pkgname%-git}/desktop"
34
35 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname%-git}"
36 mv build/Orca-linux-x64/* "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname%-git}"
37
38 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
39 ln -s "/opt/${pkgname%-git}/Orca" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
40
41 install -Dm644 icon.png "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
42 install -Dm644 icon.svg "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/${pkgname%-git}.svg"
43
44 install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-git}.desktop" <<END
45[Desktop Entry]
46Name=Orca Desktop
47Comment=Electron Live-coding GUI for Orca
48Exec=${pkgname%-git} %U
49Terminal=false
50Type=Application
51Icon=${pkgname%-git}
52StartupWMClass=${pkgname%-git}
53END
54}
55

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