Review Results

Comment

The change only bumps pkgver in .SRCINFO from 1.7.5 to 1.7.8. No source URLs, checksums, build steps, install scripts, or packaging permissions are altered in the reviewed hunk. On its face this is a metadata-only version update with no security-relevant behavior change visible in the provided diff.

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = mint-x-icons
 	pkgdesc = A mint/metal theme based on mintified versions of Clearlooks Revamp, Elementary and Faenza
-	pkgver = 1.7.5
+	pkgver = 1.7.8
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/linuxmint/mint-x-icons
 	arch = any

Comment

The change is a straightforward upstream version bump for an icon theme tarball, with the checksum updated accordingly. I do note the source URL still uses plain HTTP rather than HTTPS, which is a supply-chain integrity weakness because the download can be MITM-tampered during fetch. However, this is a pre-existing issue in the package and the diff does not introduce any new execution paths, scripts, or packaging behavior changes beyond the version/hash update. Overall risk is low, but not zero due to the insecure transport.

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgbase = mint-x-icons
 	depends = gtk-update-icon-cache
 	depends = hicolor-icon-theme
 	options = !strip
-	source = http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/m/mint-x-icons/mint-x-icons_1.7.5.tar.xz
-	sha256sums = 9e7800f500eb9ac89b7e3d503cb499fd01eaa45c8b547417ff1a36ada5a7d48c
+	source = http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/m/mint-x-icons/mint-x-icons_1.7.8.tar.xz
+	sha256sums = d5a0af53a688132bb42ee8e575739d9a74f65d03ce2191cec6f5f1c7054dfff5
 
 pkgname = mint-x-icons

Comment

The change is a simple version bump and checksum update for an icon theme package. I did notice the PKGBUILD still uses an HTTP source URL (`http://packages.linuxmint.com/...`), which is a supply-chain integrity concern because the tarball is fetched over an unencrypted channel and could be MITM-tampered. However, this issue predates the diff and is not introduced by this specific change. The reviewed hunk itself only updates pkgver and sha256sums, with no new execution paths, scripts, or packaging behavior changes. Overall this diff is low risk.

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Santiago Burgos <santiago.burgos1089@gmail.com>
 
 pkgname=mint-x-icons
-pkgver=1.7.5
+pkgver=1.7.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='A mint/metal theme based on mintified versions of Clearlooks Revamp, Elementary and Faenza'
 arch=('any')

Comment

The change only updates the SHA-256 checksum for the upstream source tarball in PKGBUILD. The source URL remains unchanged, uses HTTPS, and there are no added build steps, scripts, or packaging changes that would introduce execution, persistence, or privilege-escalation risk. This is a routine integrity pin update with no obvious security concern in the diff itself.

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=(
 )
 options=(!strip)
 source=("${_url}/${pkgname}_${pkgver}.tar.xz")
-sha256sums=('9e7800f500eb9ac89b7e3d503cb499fd01eaa45c8b547417ff1a36ada5a7d48c')
+sha256sums=('d5a0af53a688132bb42ee8e575739d9a74f65d03ce2191cec6f5f1c7054dfff5')
 
 package() {
     cd "${srcdir}"/"${pkgname}"