whoogle

LOW

maintainer dr460nf1r3 6 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The pip install is part of building the project from its own source code (downloaded from the official GitHub repository), which is a normal and expected step in the build process for Python applications.

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 pip install is part of building the project from its own source code (downloaded from the official GitHub repository), which is a normal and expected step in the build process for Python applications.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium pip install of an external package pip_install_external

`pip install <package>` fetches an unpinned package from PyPI at build time, outside source=() and makepkg's checksums.

PKGBUILD:35 pip install -r requirements.txt

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: dr460nf1r3 <dr460nf1r3 at garudalinux dot org>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=whoogle
    
      4pkgver="1.2.4"
    
      5pkgrel=2
    
      6pkgdesc='A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine'
    
      7arch=(x86_64 aarch64)
    
      8url="https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search"
    
      9license=(MIT)
    
      10depends=(python)
    
      11makedepends=(python python-pip)
    
      12optdepends=('tor: use the TOR network to perform searches')
    
      13conflicts=($pkgname-git)
    
      14backup=('etc/default/whoogle')
    
      15source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
    
      16  $pkgname
    
      17  $pkgname.conf
    
      18  $pkgname.service)
    
      19sha256sums=('66db11d022f91c5a68c1690aed4c3c2663cbc9f524e6ce385ce0feeaca82a7ff'
    
      20            'e30ff5ecef199ce2a37b097709461c51ca07bdbbcc4609db74203834b62c60b1'
    
      21            '51cda92f3ad2166eb2cb63ff80561f48b39688a57b66291d2eee5e1c7fcd8ee3'
    
      22            'ab6256f3fdaac3ba58ddbb39bb5c24bde53312f0584ae4ed4ae74bc7752a07f4')
    
      23install=$pkgname.install
    
      24
    
      25prepare() {
    
      26  mv $pkgname-search-$pkgver $pkgname-search
    
      27}
    
      28
    
      29build() {
    
      30  # Following official instructions
    
      31  cd $pkgname-search
    
      32  python3 -m venv venv
    
      33  source venv/bin/activate
    
      34
    
      35  pip install -r requirements.txt
    
      36
    
      37  # Cleanup unsed files
    
      38  _cleanup=(docs test .dockerignore .gitignore .replit docker-compose.yml Dockerfile heroku.yml MANIFEST.in README.md requirements.txt)
    
      39  for i in "${_cleanup[@]}"; do
    
      40    rm -r "$i"
    
      41  done
    
      42}
    
      43
    
      44package() {
    
      45  install -m0644 -D "$srcdir/whoogle" "$pkgdir/etc/default/whoogle"
    
      46  install -m0644 -D "$srcdir/whoogle.conf" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/whoogle.conf"
    
      47  install -m0644 -D "$srcdir/whoogle.service" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/whoogle.service"
    
      48  install -Dm0644 "$srcdir/$pkgname-search/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
    
      49  install -dm0755 "$pkgdir/opt/whoogle-search"
    
      50  cp -r "$srcdir/whoogle-search/" "$pkgdir/opt/"
    
      51}
    
      52

Scan history

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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