9 Jul
2018
9 Jul
'18
2:53 p.m.
On 18-07-09 11:37:03, Giancarlo Razzolini via aur-general wrote:
This is why we insist users always download the PKGBUILD from the AUR, inspect it and build it themselves. Helpers that do everything automatically and users that don't pay attention, *will* have issues. You should use helpers even more so at your risk than the AUR itself.
Agreed. It's important to understand what the AUR is and how it works before using it. Without this, a helper is simply granting anyone permission to run scripts on your computer. If you are at all surprised by this takeover, then defintely start reading the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD