sysforge-git

LOW

maintainer FrostyMalice 1 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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Why flagged

The .install script creates a directory and a marker file with best-effort permissions but does not perform privileged actions or self-updates; it relies on systemd-sysusers and tmpfiles for actual privilege setup, which is standard and safe.

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 .install script creates a directory and a marker file with best-effort permissions but does not perform privileged actions or self-updates; it relies on systemd-sysusers and tmpfiles for actual privilege setup, which is standard and safe.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium Privileged / out-of-pacman install (sudoers, setuid, or self-update) privileged_install

The package grants elevated privileges or installs an update path outside pacman: a /etc/sudoers.d rule (often passwordless), a setuid/setgid binary, or a self-update script/service that can fetch and run future code with no checksum verification. The initial install may be verified, but the ongoing privilege + update surface is a real supply-chain / privilege-escalation risk.

.install:13 install -d -m 2775 /var/lib/sysforge 2>/dev/null || mkdir -p /var/lib/sysforge

PKGBUILD

      1# Maintainer: Keith Raghubar <aur.archlinux.org.buckskin000@passmail.net>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=sysforge-git
    
      4pkgver=3.5.0.r0.g0000000  # updated dynamically by pkgver()
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="Arch Linux build and maintenance suite for system setup and package management with compiler-optimized builds (git)"
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="https://github.com/KeithRaghubar/sysforge"
    
      9license=('MIT')
    
      10depends=(
    
      11    'python>=3.11'
    
      12    'git'
    
      13    'sudo'
    
      14    'gnupg'
    
      15    'base-devel'
    
      16)
    
      17makedepends=(
    
      18    'uv'
    
      19    'python-installer'
    
      20)
    
      21optdepends=(
    
      22    'bash-completion: bash tab completions'
    
      23    'ccache: compiler cache support'
    
      24    'sccache: Rust compiler cache support'
    
      25    'uv: required for bootstrap pipeline (configure stage)'
    
      26    'zsh: zsh shell support'
    
      27    'glow: in-shell markdown rendering for docs'
    
      28    'zsh-completions: additional zsh completions'
    
      29    'clang: required for the LLVM build profile and sysforge run toolchain --compiler=llvm'
    
      30    'lld: required for the optimized build profile (-fuse-ld=lld)'
    
      31    'llvm: required for sysforge run toolchain --compiler=llvm (PGO bootstrap)'
    
      32    'compiler-rt: required for sysforge run toolchain --compiler=llvm'
    
      33    'mesa-utils: post-install mesa smoke check (eglinfo)'
    
      34    'vulkan-tools: post-install mesa smoke check (vulkaninfo)'
    
      35)
    
      36conflicts=('sysforge')
    
      37provides=('sysforge')
    
      38install=sysforge.install
    
      39backup=(
    
      40    'etc/sysforge/sysforge.toml'
    
      41    'etc/sysforge/profiles.toml'
    
      42    'etc/sysforge/packages.toml'
    
      43    'etc/sysforge/kernel.toml'
    
      44    'etc/sysforge/toolchain.toml'
    
      45)
    
      46source=("$pkgname::git+$url.git")
    
      47sha256sums=('SKIP')
    
      48
    
      49pkgver() {
    
      50    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
    
      51    git describe --long --tags 2>/dev/null \
    
      52        | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' \
    
      53        || printf "r%s.g%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
    
      54}
    
      55
    
      56build() {
    
      57    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
    
      58    uv build --wheel
    
      59}
    
      60
    
      61package() {
    
      62    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
    
      63    python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
    
      64
    
      65    # Man page
    
      66    install -Dm644 man/sysforge.1 "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/sysforge.1"
    
      67
    
      68    # Shell completions (bash + zsh; both shells are optdeps)
    
      69    install -Dm644 completions/sysforge.bash \
    
      70        "$pkgdir/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sysforge"
    
      71    install -Dm644 completions/_sysforge \
    
      72        "$pkgdir/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_sysforge"
    
      73
    
      74    # Default config files
    
      75    local _conf="$pkgdir/etc/sysforge"
    
      76    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/sysforge.toml               "$_conf/sysforge.toml"
    
      77    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/profiles.toml               "$_conf/profiles.toml"
    
      78    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/packages.toml               "$_conf/packages.toml"
    
      79    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/kernel.toml                 "$_conf/kernel.toml"
    
      80    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/toolchain.toml              "$_conf/toolchain.toml"
    
      81
    
      82    # bootstrap.toml is per-host (device, hostname, passwords) — ship as an
    
      83    # example template under /usr/share so iso-install.sh can detect a true
    
      84    # prior run instead of always seeing the package-installed default.
    
      85    install -Dm644 etc/sysforge/bootstrap.toml \
    
      86        "$pkgdir/usr/share/sysforge/bootstrap.toml.example"
    
      87
    
      88    # The sysforge group owns sysforge's writable runtime dirs so the
    
      89    # unprivileged build user (a member) can write state and the PGO cache
    
      90    # across runs. systemd-sysusers creates it before systemd-tmpfiles runs.
    
      91    install -Dm644 /dev/null "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/sysforge.conf"
    
      92    printf 'g sysforge -\n' > "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/sysforge.conf"
    
      93
    
      94    # State directory (pipeline state, build state, logs) + sentinel subdir
    
      95    # consumed by `sysforge update` from the libalpm hooks below.
    
      96    # /var/cache/sysforge holds the regenerable PGO profdata store, written by
    
      97    # the unprivileged toolchain build. All owned root:sysforge with setgid
    
      98    # (2775) so group members can write and new subdirs inherit the group —
    
      99    # the single ownership model shared with primitives/fs_provision.py.
    
      100    install -Dm644 /dev/null "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sysforge.conf"
    
      101    {
    
      102        printf 'd /var/lib/sysforge 2775 root sysforge -\n'
    
      103        printf 'd /var/lib/sysforge/sentinels 2775 root sysforge -\n'
    
      104        printf 'd /var/cache/sysforge 2775 root sysforge -\n'
    
      105        printf 'd /var/cache/sysforge/llvm-pgo 2775 root sysforge -\n'
    
      106    } > "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sysforge.conf"
    
      107
    
      108    # Pacman PostTransaction hooks: kernel/toolchain reminders +
    
      109    # build-state staleness signal consumed by `sysforge update`.
    
      110    install -Dm644 etc/pacman.d/hooks/sysforge-kernel.hook \
    
      111        "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/sysforge-kernel.hook"
    
      112    install -Dm644 etc/pacman.d/hooks/sysforge-toolchain.hook \
    
      113        "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/sysforge-toolchain.hook"
    
      114    install -Dm644 etc/pacman.d/hooks/sysforge-buildstate.hook \
    
      115        "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/sysforge-buildstate.hook"
    
      116    install -Dm644 etc/pacman.d/hooks/sysforge-artifacts.hook \
    
      117        "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/sysforge-artifacts.hook"
    
      118    install -Dm755 tools/pacman-hook-helper.sh \
    
      119        "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysforge/pacman-hook-helper.sh"
    
      120}
    
      121

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-28 00:06
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Keith Raghubar <aur.archlinux.org.buckskin000@passmail.net>
 
 pkgname=sysforge-git
-pkgver=3.4.0.r0.g0000000  # updated dynamically by pkgver()
+pkgver=3.5.0.r0.g0000000  # updated dynamically by pkgver()
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Arch Linux build and maintenance suite for system setup and package management with compiler-optimized builds (git)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
     'lld: required for the optimized build profile (-fuse-ld=lld)'
     'llvm: required for sysforge run toolchain --compiler=llvm (PGO bootstrap)'
     'compiler-rt: required for sysforge run toolchain --compiler=llvm'
+    'mesa-utils: post-install mesa smoke check (eglinfo)'
+    'vulkan-tools: post-install mesa smoke check (vulkaninfo)'
 )
 conflicts=('sysforge')
 provides=('sysforge')

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-11-01 00:21:48	Low	2
2026-10-31 00:07:41	Low	2
2026-10-30 00:29:30	Low	2
2026-10-29 00:13:55	Low	2
2026-10-28 15:50:30	Medium	1
2026-10-28 00:06:54	Low	2
2026-10-27 00:23:28	Low	2
2026-10-26 00:12:40	Low	2
2026-10-25 00:20:48	Low	2
2026-10-24 00:14:55	Low	2
2026-10-23 00:02:19	Low	2
2026-10-22 00:13:10	Low	2
2026-10-21 00:12:50	Low	2
2026-10-20 00:10:31	Low	2
2026-10-19 00:03:55	Low	2
2026-10-18 00:06:55	Low	2
2026-10-17 00:21:55	Low	2
2026-10-16 00:12:47	Low	2
2026-10-15 00:28:05	Low	2
2026-10-14 00:06:47	Low	2