true-combat-elite-bin

maintainer HMK · 1 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

MEDIUM

Why flagged The package downloads a prebuilt binary (a game executable with 32-bit native libraries) from pomf2.lain.la, an anonymous file-sharing host, archived via web.archive.org. While the sha256sum is pinned and the Wayback Machine URL provides some immutability, pomf2.lain.la is not an official vendor distribution channel — it is an ephemeral file host with no chain of custody to the original True Combat Elite developers. The binary is executed directly as a game client and server. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: the original upload to pomf2.lain.la cannot be verified as authentic, and there is no way to confirm the binary matches any official release. The web.archive.org wrapper adds some stability but does not add authenticity. The sha256 check mitigates silent substitution going forward, but does not validate the provenance of what was originally uploaded. This fits the medium category: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host with unverifiable provenance.

Triggered rules

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:10 source=('true-combat-elite-0.49b-linux.tar.xz::https://web.archive.org/web/20230927175150if_/https://pomf2.lain.la/f/m3epnqj6.tar.xz')

MEDIUM AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The package downloads a prebuilt binary (a game executable with 32-bit native libraries) from pomf2.lain.la, an anonymous file-sharing host, archived via web.archive.org. While the sha256sum is pinned and the Wayback Machine URL provides some immutability, pomf2.lain.la is not an official vendor distribution channel — it is an ephemeral file host with no chain of custody to the original True Combat Elite developers. The binary is executed directly as a game client and server. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: the original upload to pomf2.lain.la cannot be verified as authentic, and there is no way to confirm the binary matches any official release. The web.archive.org wrapper adds some stability but does not add authenticity. The sha256 check mitigates silent substitution going forward, but does not validate the provenance of what was originally uploaded. This fits the medium category: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host with unverifiable provenance.

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Herbert Knapp <herbert.knapp vivaldi.net>
    
      2pkgname="true-combat-elite-bin"
    
      3pkgver=0.49b
    
      4pkgrel=4
    
      5pkgdesc="Tactical multiplayer FPS like Counter Strike, Urban Terror. Based on Enemy Territory."
    
      6arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
    
      7url="http://www.truecombatelite.com/"
    
      8license=('unknown')
    
      9options=(!strip)
    
      10source=('true-combat-elite-0.49b-linux.tar.xz::https://web.archive.org/web/20230927175150if_/https://pomf2.lain.la/f/m3epnqj6.tar.xz')
    
      11sha256sums=('74d71667082ea08b49a61551611dccab4a161b80dae3cf0dd5a7802e7e10d254')
    
      12depends=('lib32-libstdc++5' 'lib32-sdl12-compat' 'lib32-alsa-lib' 'lib32-libpulse' 'lib32-alsa-plugins')
    
      13prepare() {
    
      14  tar xvf true-combat-elite-0.49b-linux.tar.xz
    
      15}
    
      16package() {
    
      17  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games"
    
      18  mv "${srcdir}/true-combat-elite/true-combat-elite" "${srcdir}/true-combat-elite/true-combat-elite-server" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
    
      19  mv "${srcdir}/true-combat-elite" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games/"
    
      20  
    
      21  _desktop="${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/true-combat-elite.desktop"
    
      22  echo '[Desktop Entry]' > ${_desktop}
    
      23  echo 'Type=Application' >> ${_desktop}
    
      24  echo "Name=True Combat Elite ${pkgver/\.*/}" >> ${_desktop}
    
      25  echo "Comment=${pkgdesc}" >> ${_desktop}
    
      26  echo 'Exec=true-combat-elite' >> ${_desktop}
    
      27  echo "Icon=/usr/share/games/true-combat-elite/icon.png" >> ${_desktop}
    
      28  echo 'Terminal=false' >> ${_desktop}
    
      29  echo 'Categories=Games;ActionGame;' >> ${_desktop}
    
      30  echo 'First time users: start true-combat-elite three times to get native display resolution.'
    
      31
    
      32  ## Fix launcher
    
      33  sed -i 's/@/\$\{@\}/' "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/true-combat-elite"
    
      34}
    
      35
    
      36

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