ps7_libps2000a

LOW
maintainer Schorsch 1 votes scanned 2026-10-17 00:21:55.226236
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Why flagged

The package downloads a Debian package from the official PicoTech labs domain, extracts libraries and license files, and installs them locally; the source host, while not a common forge, is the vendor's official domain, and no untrusted executable code is run.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a Debian package from the official PicoTech labs domain, extracts libraries and license files, and installs them locally; the source host, while not a common forge, is the vendor's official domain, and no untrusted executable code is run.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

  • PKGBUILD:20 source=("https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps2000a/libps2000a_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: Schorsch <wsixcde+aur at gmail dot com>
2# Thanks to <mti at tillenius dot com> whose packages the ps7 packages were based on
3pkgname=ps7_libps2000a
4pkgver=2.2.159_5r6606
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc="Library for PicoScope 2000a series in PicoScope 7"
7arch=('x86_64')
8url="https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps2000a/"
9license=('custom')
10groups=()
11depends=(libusb)
12optdepends=()
13provides=()
14conflicts=(ps7b_libps2000a)
15replaces=()
16backup=()
17options=(!strip)
18install=$pkgname.install
19changelog=
20source=("https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps2000a/libps2000a_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")
21md5sums=('8a68b9e4ab5e408cb28fd7a38b19a3b3')
22
23package() {
24 tar -xf data.tar.* -C "${pkgdir}"
25 chmod -R go-w $pkgdir
26 chown -R root:root $pkgdir
27
28 mkdir -p $pkgdir/opt/picoscope/scripts
29 tar -xf control.tar.* -C "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts" ./postinst
30 mv "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts/postinst" "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts/${pkgname}_postinst"
31
32 install -Dm644 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/libps2000a/copyright"
33}
34

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-06-20 00:18
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-17 00:21
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Maintainer: Schorsch <wsixcde+aur at gmail dot com>
# Thanks to <mti at tillenius dot com> whose packages the ps7 packages were based on
pkgname=ps7_libps2000a
-pkgver=2.2.158_5r6596
+pkgver=2.2.159_5r6606
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Library for PicoScope 2000a series in PicoScope 7"
arch=('x86_64')
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
install=$pkgname.install
changelog=
source=("https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps2000a/libps2000a_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")
-md5sums=('f5d1942188f4fed1e24ecf1aef6e8d50')
+md5sums=('8a68b9e4ab5e408cb28fd7a38b19a3b3')
package() {
tar -xf data.tar.* -C "${pkgdir}"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)SeverityRules
2026-10-17 00:21:55 Low 2
2026-10-16 03:14:05 Medium 1
2026-06-20 00:18:46 Clean 2
2026-06-19 23:51:18 Clean 2
2026-06-19 19:07:35 Low 2
2026-06-18 16:11:54 Medium 1

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