steamcontrollertool-git

LOW
maintainer aarto 0 votes scanned 2026-09-09 11:19:32.361939
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The package builds from the project's own Git repository, uses SKIP for checksums due to the VCS nature, and only installs Python source files and a symlink; no untrusted prebuilt binaries or remote code execution.

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Low Few votes, recently uploaded zero_votes_recent

Uploaded within the last 14 days with 2 or fewer community votes — little peer review so far.

Low AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package builds from the project's own Git repository, uses SKIP for checksums due to the VCS nature, and only installs Python source files and a symlink; no untrusted prebuilt binaries or remote code execution.

PKGBUILD

1# Maintainer: aarto <aarto@archlinux.org>
2_pkgname=steamcontrollertool
3pkgname=$_pkgname-git
4pkgver=r15.b73b4dd
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc="Tool to flash firmware on the original 2015 Steam Controller"
7arch=('any')
8url="https://github.com/lilphil/SteamControllerTool"
9license=('GPL-2.0-only')
10depends=('python' 'python-hid')
11makedepends=('git')
12optdepends=('steam-devices: udev rules for non-root access to the controller')
13provides=("$_pkgname")
14conflicts=("$_pkgname")
15source=("$_pkgname::git+https://github.com/lilphil/SteamControllerTool.git")
16sha256sums=('SKIP')
17
18pkgver() {
19 cd "$_pkgname"
20 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
21}
22
23prepare() {
24 cd "$_pkgname"
25 sed -i '1s|#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/python|' main.py
26}
27
28package() {
29 cd "$_pkgname"
30
31 install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/$_pkgname"
32 install -m644 \
33 SteamController.py \
34 USBHidDevice.py \
35 ValveSoftwareWiredController.py \
36 ValveSoftwareWiredControllerBootloader.py \
37 constants.py \
38 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/$_pkgname"
39 install -m755 main.py -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/$_pkgname"
40
41 install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
42 ln -s "/usr/share/$_pkgname/main.py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$_pkgname"
43
44 install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
45 install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
46}
47

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