quicknote
The yarn install runs in a controlled build environment, uses a project-owned source (GitHub), and installs only declared development dependencies; the external package addition is part of a standard build process for Electron apps and does not introduce untrusted code execution.
Triggered rules
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 95%): The yarn install runs in a controlled build environment, uses a project-owned source (GitHub), and installs only declared development dependencies; the external package addition is part of a standard build process for Electron apps and does not introduce untrusted code execution.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:81
NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
pkgname=quicknote
pkgver=2.0.3
_electronversion=22
_nodeversion=20
pkgrel=4
pkgdesc="Helps to paste some random text or take some notes right from your taskbar!(Use system-wide electron)"
arch=('any')
url="https://srilakshmikanthanp.github.io/quicknote/"
_ghurl="https://github.com/srilakshmikanthanp/quicknote"
license=('MIT')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
depends=(
"electron${_electronversion}"
)
makedepends=(
'gendesk'
'npm'
'yarn'
'curl'
'nvm'
'git'
)
options=(
'!strip'
'!emptydirs'
)
source=(
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${_ghurl}#tag=v${pkgver}"
"${pkgname}.sh"
)
sha256sums=('333c060ca17ceb21e6a00a523ac749323fcf56c214c4b9e924ab1d3d013db4b0'
'291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
_ensure_local_nvm() {
local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
}
prepare() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
sed -i -e "
s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
s/@runname@/app/g
s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname}/g
s/@options@//g
" -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
_ensure_local_nvm
gendesk -q -f -n \
--pkgname="${pkgname}" \
--pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
--categories="Utility" \
--name="${pkgname}" \
--exec="${pkgname} %U"
export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
{
echo -e '\n'
echo 'registry "https://registry.npmmirror.com"'
echo 'electron_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"'
echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"'
echo "cacheFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/cache"
echo "pluginsFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/plugins"
echo "globalFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/global"
echo 'useHardlinks true'
#echo 'buildFromSource true'
echo 'linkWorkspacePackages true'
echo 'fetchRetries 3'
echo 'fetchRetryTimeout 10000'
} >> .yarnrc
find ./ -type f -name "yarn.lock" -exec sed -i "s/registry.yarnpkg.com/registry.npmmirror.com/g;s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
fi
rm -rf package-lock.json
sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
find src -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/\'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname}\'/g" {} +
NODE_ENV=development yarn install --cache-folder "${srcdir}/.yarn_cache"
NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
}
build() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*plugins:[[:space:]]*\[.*\$/a\\
{\\
name: \"@electron-forge/plugin-local-electron\",\\
config: {\\
electronPath: \"${electronDist}\"\\
}\\
}," forge.config.*
NODE_ENV=production yarn run package
}
package() {
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/app "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/"${pkgname}".* -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/assets/images/${pkgname}.png" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
}
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| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
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| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
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| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |