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Re:Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption by charcircuit on Friday July 31, 2026 @04:29PM (#49128194)
There are subtle things like abusing how github handles forks which can make malicious PKGBUILD a matter of just changing the rev with no hint in the file itself.
Re:Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption by thayne on Friday July 31, 2026 @07:12PM (#49129542)
Perhaps, but it would be pretty unusual to use a commit/hash id instead of a version tag, or the main development branch.