quicknote

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged 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

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 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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:81 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=quicknote
3pkgver=2.0.3
4_electronversion=22
5_nodeversion=20
6pkgrel=4
7pkgdesc="Helps to paste some random text or take some notes right from your taskbar!(Use system-wide electron)"
8arch=('any')
9url="https://srilakshmikanthanp.github.io/quicknote/"
10_ghurl="https://github.com/srilakshmikanthanp/quicknote"
11license=('MIT')
12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
13depends=(
14 "electron${_electronversion}"
15)
16makedepends=(
17 'gendesk'
18 'npm'
19 'yarn'
20 'curl'
21 'nvm'
22 'git'
23)
24options=(
25 '!strip'
26 '!emptydirs'
27)
28source=(
29 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${_ghurl}#tag=v${pkgver}"
30 "${pkgname}.sh"
31)
32sha256sums=('333c060ca17ceb21e6a00a523ac749323fcf56c214c4b9e924ab1d3d013db4b0'
33 '291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
34_ensure_local_nvm() {
35 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
36 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
37 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
38 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
39}
40prepare() {
41 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
42 sed -i -e "
43 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
44 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
45 s/@runname@/app/g
46 s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname}/g
47 s/@options@//g
48 " -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
49 _ensure_local_nvm
50 gendesk -q -f -n \
51 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
52 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
53 --categories="Utility" \
54 --name="${pkgname}" \
55 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
56 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
57 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
58 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
59 mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
60 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
61 {
62 echo -e '\n'
63 echo 'registry "https://registry.npmmirror.com"'
64 echo 'electron_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"'
65 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"'
66 echo "cacheFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/cache"
67 echo "pluginsFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/plugins"
68 echo "globalFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/global"
69 echo 'useHardlinks true'
70 #echo 'buildFromSource true'
71 echo 'linkWorkspacePackages true'
72 echo 'fetchRetries 3'
73 echo 'fetchRetryTimeout 10000'
74 } >> .yarnrc
75 find ./ -type f -name "yarn.lock" -exec sed -i "s/registry.yarnpkg.com/registry.npmmirror.com/g;s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
76 fi
77 rm -rf package-lock.json
78 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
79 find src -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/\'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname}\'/g" {} +
80 NODE_ENV=development yarn install --cache-folder "${srcdir}/.yarn_cache"
81 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
82}
83build() {
84 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
85 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
86 sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*plugins:[[:space:]]*\[.*\$/a\\
87 {\\
88 name: \"@electron-forge/plugin-local-electron\",\\
89 config: {\\
90 electronPath: \"${electronDist}\"\\
91 }\\
92 }," forge.config.*
93 NODE_ENV=production yarn run package
94}
95package() {
96 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
97 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
98 cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/app "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
99 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/"${pkgname}".* -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
100 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
101 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/assets/images/${pkgname}.png" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps"
102 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
103}

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