palanteer

maintainer Microwave_Chef · 1 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

MEDIUM

Why flagged The PKGBUILD installs Python wheels built locally but also runs 'pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages', which modifies the host's global Python environment, posing a supply-chain risk and violating packaging best practices.

Triggered rules

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:18 python3.12 -m pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages

MEDIUM Recently orphaned & re-adopted orphaned_readopted

This package was orphaned and re-adopted within the last 30 days — a window where ownership transfers can introduce malicious changes.

MEDIUM AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD installs Python wheels built locally but also runs 'pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages', which modifies the host's global Python environment, posing a supply-chain risk and violating packaging best practices.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Morteza NourelahiAlamdari <m@0t1.me>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=palanteer
    
      4pkgver=0.8
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="High performance visual profiler, debugger, tests enabler for C++ and Python"
    
      7arch=('x86_64')
    
      8url="https://github.com/dfeneyrou/${pkgname}"
    
      9license=('AGPL-3.0' 'MIT')
    
      10makedepends=('gcc' 'cmake' 'make')
    
      11depends=('python312')
    
      12source=("${url}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
    
      13sha256sums=('2e36f6b969ac44621de902adf3d5a7dbdbb6e00002ba7c8d29b1e303500144e1')
    
      14
    
      15build() {
    
      16  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
    
      17  python3.12 -m ensurepip --upgrade 2>/dev/null
    
      18  python3.12 -m pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages
    
      19  [ -d build ] || mkdir build ; cd build
    
      20  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3.12
    
      21  make -j$(nproc)
    
      22}
    
      23
    
      24package() {
    
      25  install -Dm755 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/bin/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/local/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      26  install -Dvm644 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE.md" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    
      27
    
      28  # Desktop icon.
    
      29  install -Dm 644 ../palanteer.png "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/palanteer.png"
    
      30  install -Dm 644 ../palanteer.desktop "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/palanteer.desktop"
    
      31
    
      32  # Python packages.
    
      33  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/python/dist/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
    
      34  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/server/scripting/dist/${pkgname}_scripting-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
    
      35}
    
      36

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-06-18 16:11
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 # Maintainer: Morteza NourelahiAlamdari <m@0t1.me>
 
 pkgname=palanteer
-pkgver=0.6
-python_pkgver=0.6.0
+pkgver=0.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="High performance visual profiler, debugger, tests enabler for C++ and Python"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/dfeneyrou/${pkgname}"
 license=('AGPL-3.0' 'MIT')
-makedepends=('gcc' 'cmake' 'make' 'python-pip' 'python-wheel')
-depends=('python')
+makedepends=('gcc' 'cmake' 'make')
+depends=('python312')
 source=("${url}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=("0648873c4a71e62686647954ce3cb3d215d0e734ca892cf230230e34f02d2793")
+sha256sums=('2e36f6b969ac44621de902adf3d5a7dbdbb6e00002ba7c8d29b1e303500144e1')
 
 build() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  python3.12 -m ensurepip --upgrade 2>/dev/null
+  python3.12 -m pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages
   [ -d build ] || mkdir build ; cd build
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3.12
   make -j$(nproc)
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
   install -Dm 644 ../palanteer.desktop "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/palanteer.desktop"
 
   # Python packages.
-  pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/python/dist/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl" --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed
-  pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/server/scripting/dist/${pkgname}_scripting-${pkgver}-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl" --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed
+  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/python/dist/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
+  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/server/scripting/dist/${pkgname}_scripting-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
 }
 

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	MEDIUM	3
2026-08-02 00:16:08	MEDIUM	3
2026-08-01 00:11:18	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-31 00:14:10	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-30 00:17:23	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-29 00:25:53	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-28 00:07:28	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-27 00:24:32	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-26 09:32:02	MEDIUM	3
2026-06-18 16:11:54	CLEAN	0