Added option to disable integrity checks in core install (for development purposes)

commands/instances.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
 
-func installTool(ctx context.Context, pm *packagemanager.PackageManager, tool *cores.ToolRelease, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error {
+func installTool(ctx context.Context, pm *packagemanager.PackageManager, tool *cores.ToolRelease, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
 	pme, release := pm.NewExplorer()
 	defer release()
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func installTool(ctx context.Context, pm *packagemanager.PackageManager, tool *c
 		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("downloading %[1]s tool: %[2]s", tool, err))
 	}
 	taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Completed: true})
-	if err := pme.InstallTool(tool, taskCB, true); err != nil {
+	if err := pme.InstallTool(tool, taskCB, true, checks); err != nil {
 		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("installing %[1]s tool: %[2]s", tool, err))
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, stream rpc.ArduinoCor
 		// Install builtin tools if necessary
 		if len(builtinToolsToInstall) > 0 {
 			for _, toolRelease := range builtinToolsToInstall {
-				if err := installTool(ctx, pmb.Build(), toolRelease, downloadCallback, taskCallback); err != nil {
+				if err := installTool(ctx, pmb.Build(), toolRelease, downloadCallback, taskCallback, resources.IntegrityCheckFull); err != nil {
 					e := &cmderrors.InitFailedError{
 						Code:   codes.Internal,
 						Cause:  err,
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) Init(req *rpc.InitRequest, stream rpc.ArduinoCor
 
 				// Install library
 				taskCallback(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Installing library %s", libraryRef)})
-				if err := libRelease.Resource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, libRoot, libDir); err != nil {
+				if err := libRelease.Resource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, libRoot, libDir, resources.IntegrityCheckFull); err != nil {
 					taskCallback(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Error installing library %s", libraryRef)})
 					e := &cmderrors.FailedLibraryInstallError{Cause: err}
 					responseError(e.GRPCStatus())

commands/service_library_install.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/libraries"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/libraries/librariesindex"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/libraries/librariesmanager"
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/resources"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
 	rpc "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1"
 	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) LibraryInstall(req *rpc.LibraryInstallRequest, s
 		if err := downloadLibrary(ctx, downloadsDir, libRelease, downloadCB, taskCB, downloadReason, s.settings); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := installLibrary(lmi, downloadsDir, libRelease, installTask, taskCB); err != nil {
+		if err := installLibrary(lmi, downloadsDir, libRelease, installTask, taskCB, resources.IntegrityCheckFull); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) LibraryInstall(req *rpc.LibraryInstallRequest, s
 	return nil
 }
 
-func installLibrary(lmi *librariesmanager.Installer, downloadsDir *paths.Path, libRelease *librariesindex.Release, installTask *librariesmanager.LibraryInstallPlan, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error {
+func installLibrary(lmi *librariesmanager.Installer, downloadsDir *paths.Path, libRelease *librariesindex.Release, installTask *librariesmanager.LibraryInstallPlan, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
 	taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Installing %s", libRelease)})
 	logrus.WithField("library", libRelease).Info("Installing library")
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ func installLibrary(lmi *librariesmanager.Installer, downloadsDir *paths.Path, l
 
 	installPath := installTask.TargetPath
 	tmpDirPath := installPath.Parent()
-	if err := libRelease.Resource.Install(downloadsDir, tmpDirPath, installPath); err != nil {
+	if err := libRelease.Resource.Install(downloadsDir, tmpDirPath, installPath, checks); err != nil {
 		return &cmderrors.FailedLibraryInstallError{Cause: err}
 	}
 

commands/service_platform_install.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/cmderrors"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/internal/instances"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores/packagemanager"
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/resources"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
 	rpc "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1"
 )
@@ -95,7 +96,11 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) PlatformInstall(req *rpc.PlatformInstallRequest,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(ctx, platformRelease, tools, downloadCB, taskCB, req.GetSkipPostInstall(), req.GetSkipPreUninstall()); err != nil {
+		checks := resources.IntegrityCheckFull
+		if s.settings.BoardManagerEnableUnsafeInstall() {
+			checks = resources.IntegrityCheckNone
+		}
+		if err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(ctx, platformRelease, tools, downloadCB, taskCB, req.GetSkipPostInstall(), req.GetSkipPreUninstall(), checks); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 

commands/service_platform_upgrade.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/internal/instances"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores/packagemanager"
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/resources"
 	rpc "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1"
 )
 
@@ -75,7 +76,11 @@ func (s *arduinoCoreServerImpl) PlatformUpgrade(req *rpc.PlatformUpgradeRequest,
 			Package:              req.GetPlatformPackage(),
 			PlatformArchitecture: req.GetArchitecture(),
 		}
-		platform, err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(ctx, ref, downloadCB, taskCB, req.GetSkipPostInstall(), req.GetSkipPreUninstall())
+		checks := resources.IntegrityCheckFull
+		if s.settings.BoardManagerEnableUnsafeInstall() {
+			checks = resources.IntegrityCheckNone
+		}
+		platform, err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(ctx, ref, downloadCB, taskCB, req.GetSkipPostInstall(), req.GetSkipPreUninstall(), checks)
 		if err != nil {
 			return platform, err
 		}

docs/configuration.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - `board_manager`
   - `additional_urls` - the URLs to any additional Boards Manager package index files needed for your boards platforms.
+  - `enable_unsafe_install` - set to `true` to allow installation of packages that do not pass the checksum test. This
+    is considered an unsafe installation method and should be used only for development purposes.
 - `daemon` - options related to running Arduino CLI as a [gRPC] server.
   - `port` - TCP port used for gRPC client connections.
 - `directories` - directories used by Arduino CLI.

internal/arduino/cores/packageindex/index.go

@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ package packageindex
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/resources"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/security"
-	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
 	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
 	easyjson "github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -273,14 +271,15 @@ func (inPlatformRelease indexPlatformRelease) extractPlatformIn(outPackage *core
 		outPlatform.Deprecated = inPlatformRelease.Deprecated
 	}
 
-	size, err := inPlatformRelease.Size.Int64()
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("invalid platform archive size: %s", err))
-	}
 	outPlatformRelease := outPlatform.GetOrCreateRelease(inPlatformRelease.Version)
 	outPlatformRelease.Name = inPlatformRelease.Name
 	outPlatformRelease.Category = inPlatformRelease.Category
 	outPlatformRelease.IsTrusted = trusted
+	size, err := inPlatformRelease.Size.Int64()
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Warningf("invalid platform %s archive size: %s", outPlatformRelease, err)
+		size = 0
+	}
 	outPlatformRelease.Resource = &resources.DownloadResource{
 		ArchiveFileName: inPlatformRelease.ArchiveFileName,
 		Checksum:        inPlatformRelease.Checksum,

internal/arduino/cores/packagemanager/install_uninstall.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/cmderrors"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/cores/packageindex"
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/resources"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
 	rpc "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1"
 	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(
 	taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB,
 	skipPostInstall bool,
 	skipPreUninstall bool,
+	checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode,
 ) (*cores.PlatformRelease, error) {
 	if platformRef.PlatformVersion != nil {
 		return nil, &cmderrors.InvalidArgumentError{Message: i18n.Tr("Upgrade doesn't accept parameters with version")}
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, &cmderrors.PlatformNotFoundError{Platform: platformRef.String()}
 	}
-	if err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(ctx, platformRelease, tools, downloadCB, taskCB, skipPostInstall, skipPreUninstall); err != nil {
+	if err := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(ctx, platformRelease, tools, downloadCB, taskCB, skipPostInstall, skipPreUninstall, checks); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, requiredTools []*cores.ToolRelease,
 	downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB,
-	skipPostInstall bool, skipPreUninstall bool) error {
+	skipPostInstall bool, skipPreUninstall bool, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
 	log := pme.log.WithField("platform", platformRelease)
 
 	// Prerequisite checks before install
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(
 
 	// Install tools first
 	for _, tool := range toolsToInstall {
-		if err := pme.InstallTool(tool, taskCB, skipPostInstall); err != nil {
+		if err := pme.InstallTool(tool, taskCB, skipPostInstall, checks); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(
 	}
 
 	// Install
-	if err := pme.InstallPlatform(platformRelease); err != nil {
+	if err := pme.InstallPlatform(platformRelease, checks); err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("Cannot install platform")
 		return &cmderrors.FailedInstallError{Message: i18n.Tr("Cannot install platform"), Cause: err}
 	}
@@ -196,18 +198,18 @@ func (pme *Explorer) DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(
 }
 
 // InstallPlatform installs a specific release of a platform.
-func (pme *Explorer) InstallPlatform(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease) error {
+func (pme *Explorer) InstallPlatform(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
 	destDir := pme.PackagesDir.Join(
 		platformRelease.Platform.Package.Name,
 		"hardware",
 		platformRelease.Platform.Architecture,
 		platformRelease.Version.String())
-	return pme.InstallPlatformInDirectory(platformRelease, destDir)
+	return pme.InstallPlatformInDirectory(platformRelease, destDir, checks)
 }
 
 // InstallPlatformInDirectory installs a specific release of a platform in a specific directory.
-func (pme *Explorer) InstallPlatformInDirectory(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, destDir *paths.Path) error {
-	if err := platformRelease.Resource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, pme.tempDir, destDir); err != nil {
+func (pme *Explorer) InstallPlatformInDirectory(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, destDir *paths.Path, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
+	if err := platformRelease.Resource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, pme.tempDir, destDir, checks); err != nil {
 		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("installing platform %[1]s: %[2]s", platformRelease, err))
 	}
 	if d, err := destDir.Abs(); err == nil {
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) UninstallPlatform(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, t
 }
 
 // InstallTool installs a specific release of a tool.
-func (pme *Explorer) InstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB, skipPostInstall bool) error {
+func (pme *Explorer) InstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB, skipPostInstall bool, checks resources.IntegrityCheckMode) error {
 	log := pme.log.WithField("Tool", toolRelease)
 
 	if toolRelease.IsInstalled() {
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ func (pme *Explorer) InstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease, taskCB rpc.Task
 		"tools",
 		toolRelease.Tool.Name,
 		toolRelease.Version.String())
-	err := toolResource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, pme.tempDir, destDir)
+	err := toolResource.Install(pme.DownloadDir, pme.tempDir, destDir, checks)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Warn("Cannot install tool")
 		return &cmderrors.FailedInstallError{Message: i18n.Tr("Cannot install tool %s", toolRelease), Cause: err}

internal/arduino/cores/packagemanager/profiles.go

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (pmb *Builder) installMissingProfilePlatform(ctx context.Context, platformR
 
 	// Perform install
 	taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Installing platform %s", tmpPlatformRelease)})
-	if err := tmpPme.InstallPlatformInDirectory(tmpPlatformRelease, destDir); err != nil {
+	if err := tmpPme.InstallPlatformInDirectory(tmpPlatformRelease, destDir, resources.IntegrityCheckFull); err != nil {
 		taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Error installing platform %s", tmpPlatformRelease)})
 		return &cmderrors.FailedInstallError{Message: i18n.Tr("Error installing platform %s", tmpPlatformRelease), Cause: err}
 	}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (pmb *Builder) installMissingProfileTool(ctx context.Context, toolRelease *
 
 	// Install tool
 	taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Installing tool %s", toolRelease)})
-	if err := toolResource.Install(pmb.DownloadDir, tmp, destDir); err != nil {
+	if err := toolResource.Install(pmb.DownloadDir, tmp, destDir, resources.IntegrityCheckFull); err != nil {
 		taskCB(&rpc.TaskProgress{Name: i18n.Tr("Error installing tool %s", toolRelease)})
 		return &cmderrors.FailedInstallError{Message: i18n.Tr("Error installing tool %s", toolRelease), Cause: err}
 	}

internal/arduino/resources/install.go

@@ -26,18 +26,27 @@ import (
 	"go.bug.st/cleanup"
 )
 
+type IntegrityCheckMode int
+
+const (
+	IntegrityCheckFull IntegrityCheckMode = iota
+	IntegrityCheckNone
+)
+
 // Install installs the resource in three steps:
 // - the archive is unpacked in a temporary subdir of tempPath
 // - there should be only one root dir in the unpacked content
 // - the only root dir is moved/renamed to/as the destination directory
 // Note that tempPath and destDir must be on the same filesystem partition
 // otherwise the last step will fail.
-func (release *DownloadResource) Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir *paths.Path) error {
-	// Check the integrity of the package
-	if ok, err := release.TestLocalArchiveIntegrity(downloadDir); err != nil {
-		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("testing local archive integrity: %s", err))
-	} else if !ok {
-		return errors.New(i18n.Tr("checking local archive integrity"))
+func (release *DownloadResource) Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir *paths.Path, checks IntegrityCheckMode) error {
+	if checks != IntegrityCheckNone {
+		// Check the integrity of the package
+		if ok, err := release.TestLocalArchiveIntegrity(downloadDir); err != nil {
+			return errors.New(i18n.Tr("testing local archive integrity: %s", err))
+		} else if !ok {
+			return errors.New(i18n.Tr("checking local archive integrity"))
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Create a temporary dir to extract package

internal/arduino/resources/install_test.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestInstallPlatform(t *testing.T) {
 			Size:            157,
 		}
 
-		require.NoError(t, r.Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir))
+		require.NoError(t, r.Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir, IntegrityCheckFull))
 	})
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestInstallPlatform(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path.Join(downloadDir.String(), testFileName), origin, 0644))
 
-			err = test.downloadResource.Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir)
+			err = test.downloadResource.Install(downloadDir, tempPath, destDir, IntegrityCheckFull)
 			require.Error(t, err)
 			require.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.error)
 		})

internal/cli/configuration/board_manager.go

@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ func (settings *Settings) BoardManagerAdditionalUrls() []string {
 	}
 	return settings.Defaults.GetStringSlice("board_manager.additional_urls")
 }
+
+func (settings *Settings) BoardManagerEnableUnsafeInstall() bool {
+	if v, ok, _ := settings.GetBoolOk("board_manager.enable_unsafe_install"); ok {
+		return v
+	}
+	return settings.Defaults.GetBool("board_manager.enable_unsafe_install")
+}

internal/cli/configuration/configuration.schema.json

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
             "type": "string",
             "format": "uri"
           }
+        },
+        "enable_unsafe_install": {
+          "description": "set to `true` to allow installation of packages that do not pass the checksum test. This is considered an unsafe installation method and should be used only for development purposes.",
+          "type": "boolean"
         }
       },
       "type": "object"

internal/cli/configuration/defaults.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func SetDefaults(settings *Settings) {
 
 	// Boards Manager
 	setDefaultValueAndKeyTypeSchema("board_manager.additional_urls", []string{})
+	setDefaultValueAndKeyTypeSchema("board_manager.enable_unsafe_install", false)
 
 	// arduino directories
 	setDefaultValueAndKeyTypeSchema("directories.data", getDefaultArduinoDataDir())

internal/integrationtest/core/core_test.go

@@ -1366,3 +1366,20 @@ func TestCoreInstallWithWrongArchiveSize(t *testing.T) {
 	_, _, err = cli.Run("--additional-urls", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geolink/opentracker-arduino-board/bf6158ebab0402db217bfb02ea61461ddc6f2940/package_opentracker_index.json", "core", "install", "opentracker:[email protected]")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestCoreInstallWithMissingOrInvalidChecksumAndUnsafeInstallEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	// See: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/issues/1468
+	env, cli := integrationtest.CreateArduinoCLIWithEnvironment(t)
+	defer env.CleanUp()
+
+	_, _, err := cli.Run("--additional-urls", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/ArduinoCore-GD32-Keyboardio/refs/heads/main/package_gd32_index.json", "core", "update-index")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, err = cli.Run("--additional-urls", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/ArduinoCore-GD32-Keyboardio/refs/heads/main/package_gd32_index.json", "core", "install", "GD32Community:gd32")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	_, _, err = cli.RunWithCustomEnv(
+		map[string]string{"ARDUINO_BOARD_MANAGER_ENABLE_UNSAFE_INSTALL": "true"},
+		"--additional-urls", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/ArduinoCore-GD32-Keyboardio/refs/heads/main/package_gd32_index.json", "core", "install", "GD32Community:gd32")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}