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Comment by tetromino_

> Any and all modifications to PKGBUILDs may download something and execute it

A normal PKGBUILD should not download anything programmatically. It should rely on the package manager to download the files listed in the PKGBUILD's source array. If a PKGBUILD is running a command to download something not listed in source, that's a sign that something nefarious could be happening, and such a PKGBUILD absolutely requires careful human review.

> all models are quite vulnerable to prompt-injection type attacks

A less than 100% reliable mechanism sure beats the current situation which is "wait for users report on the forum that they have been pwn3d". May I remind that this is the third time AUR-hosted PKGBUILDs have been compromised?

parent tetromino_ 4 months ago

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