pomotro

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron/packager' during prepare(), which fetches an undeclared npm package from the npm registry at build time. However, @electron/packager is the official, well-known Electron packaging tool maintained by the Electron organization (formerly electron-packager), published on the official npm registry. It is a legitimate build-time dependency used only during packaging (not installed into the final package). The actual installed package only contains the app's JS resources and a launcher script wrapping system electron. The concern is real but minor: it's a missing lockfile entry for a well-known official tool, not an unofficial or personal host. This is sloppy packaging (the dependency should be declared in package.json/yarn.lock) but not a meaningful supply-chain risk beyond the general npm ecosystem trust model. The CN mirror detection and substitution is a common pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. Overall this is low severity — non-standard but not a genuine security concern.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 75%): The PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron/packager' during prepare(), which fetches an undeclared npm package from the npm registry at build time. However, @electron/packager is the official, well-known Electron packaging tool maintained by the Electron organization (formerly electron-packager), published on the official npm registry. It is a legitimate build-time dependency used only during packaging (not installed into the final package). The actual installed package only contains the app's JS resources and a launcher script wrapping system electron. The concern is real but minor: it's a missing lockfile entry for a well-known official tool, not an unofficial or personal host. This is sloppy packaging (the dependency should be declared in package.json/yarn.lock) but not a meaningful supply-chain risk beyond the general npm ecosystem trust model. The CN mirror detection and substitution is a common pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. Overall this is low severity — non-standard but not a genuine security concern.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
MEDIUM npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package 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.

  • PKGBUILD:79 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D "@electron/packager"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=pomotro
3_pkgname=Pomotro
4pkgver=1.2
5_electronversion=25
6_nodeversion=20
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc="A Desktop Pomodoro Clock.(Use system-wide electron)"
9arch=('any')
10url="https://github.com/Ranork/Pomotro"
11license=('GPL-3.0-only')
12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
13depends=(
14 "electron${_electronversion}"
15 'nodejs'
16)
17makedepends=(
18 'gendesk'
19 'nvm'
20 'npm'
21 'yarn'
22 'git'
23)
24options=(
25 '!emptydirs'
26)
27source=(
28 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
29 "${pkgname}.sh"
30)
31sha256sums=('48fcc747e90a77a7cb770f46f57a52337f44d21a3a40b3ed26971e94e1c42782'
32 'f2fe8c189974ffb9d445e9a42bd4f1d5b60185607c3fcafae79ab44be224e013')
33_ensure_local_nvm() {
34 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
35 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
36 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
37 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
38}
39prepare() {
40 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
41 sed -i -e "
42 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
43 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
44 s/@runname@/app/g
45 s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname}/g
46 s/@options@//g
47 " -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
48 _ensure_local_nvm
49 gendesk -q -f -n \
50 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
51 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
52 --categories="Utility" \
53 --name="${_pkgname}" \
54 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
55 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
56 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
57 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
58 mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
59 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
60 {
61 echo -e '\n'
62 echo 'registry "https://registry.npmmirror.com"'
63 echo 'electron_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"'
64 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"'
65 echo "cacheFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/cache"
66 echo "pluginsFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/plugins"
67 echo "globalFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/global"
68 echo 'useHardlinks true'
69 #echo 'buildFromSource true'
70 echo 'linkWorkspacePackages true'
71 echo 'fetchRetries 3'
72 echo 'fetchRetryTimeout 10000'
73 echo 'networkConcurrency 32'
74 } >> .yarnrc
75 find ./ -type f -name "yarn.lock" -exec sed -i "s/registry.yarnpkg.com/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
76 fi
77 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
78 NODE_ENV=development yarn install --cache-folder "${srcdir}/.yarn_cache"
79 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D "@electron/packager"
80}
81build() {
82 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
83 NODE_ENV=production yarn electron-packager . "${_pkgname}" --platform=linux --out=release --overwrite
84}
85package() {
86 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
87 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
88 cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/release/${_pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/app "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
89 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
90 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
91}

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