vintagestory
The source is a prebuilt game client from the official project CDN, which is plausibly controlled by the developer; while the host is not on a standard whitelist, it is directly related to the project and the downloaded content is a legitimate part of the application, not an obfuscated or malicious payload.
Triggered rules
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 source is a prebuilt game client from the official project CDN, which is plausibly controlled by the developer; while the host is not on a standard whitelist, it is directly related to the project and the downloaded content is a legitimate part of the application, not an obfuscated or malicious payload.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:19
source=("https://cdn.vintagestory.at/gamefiles/$_release/vs_client_linux-x64_$_pkgver.tar.gz"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: copygirl <copygirl@mcft.net>
pkgname=vintagestory
# `$_release` is the version's release type, commonly "stable" for normal releases,
# "unstable" for release candidates and "pre" for testing releases before big updates.
_release=stable
# `$_pkgver` is separate to allow specifying pre-release versions such as "-rc.1".
_pkgver=1.22.6
# `makepkg` doesn't support hyphens in `$pkgver`, so we'll strip them as per `vercmp`.
pkgver=${_pkgver//-/}
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game (requires paid account)"
arch=("x86_64")
url="https://www.vintagestory.at/"
license=("custom")
depends=("dotnet-runtime-10.0" "opengl-driver" "openal" "glibc>=2.34")
options=(!strip !debug) # .NET game probably doesn't need symbols stripped or a debug package
source=("https://cdn.vintagestory.at/gamefiles/$_release/vs_client_linux-x64_$_pkgver.tar.gz"
# "https://account.vintagestory.at/files/$_release/vs_client_linux-x64_$_pkgver.tar.gz" (alternative source)
"$pkgname.desktop"
"vsmodinstall-handler.desktop")
md5sums=("c00c436cab612b436747b4bb5f39049b"
"0cd6360c157fc7dc4d52952e83483e7d"
"8ccc9b49290dda21199b14ac3cd4ac7e")
prepare() {
# Remove install script provided by developers
rm "$pkgname"/install.sh
# Create symbolic links for any assets (excluding fonts) containing non-lowercase letters
# Some asset files might include uppercase letters, but the game expects them to be lowercase
find "$pkgname"/assets/ -not -path "*/fonts/*" -regex ".*/.*[A-Z].*" | while read -r file; do
local filename="$(basename -- "$file")"
ln -sf "$filename" "${file%/*}"/"${filename,,}"
done
}
package() {
# Copy application icon and .desktop files
install -Dm644 "$pkgname"/assets/gameicon.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/pixmaps/"$pkgname".png
install -Dm644 "$pkgname".desktop "$pkgdir"/usr/share/applications/"$pkgname".desktop
install -Dm644 vsmodinstall-handler.desktop "$pkgdir"/usr/share/applications/vsmodinstall-handler.desktop
# Copy all other application files (`/opt` is the right place to dump this)
install -dm 755 "$pkgdir"/opt # Create directory first (required)
cp -r --preserve=mode -t "$pkgdir"/opt "$pkgname"
# Create a symlink to run the launch script from terminal
install -dm 755 "$pkgdir"/usr/bin # Create directory first (required)
ln -s /opt/"$pkgname"/run.sh "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/"$pkgname"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |