For the people interested, here's the actual commit from the acroread package:
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=acroread&id...
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=acroread&id...
$uploader "$FULL_LOG"
should be
upload "$FULL_LOG"
So much for being sneaky malware, he wasn't even trying to hide it... Any insertion of a `curl` command to some shady looking TLD piping to bash is going to be a massive red flag to even unsophisticated linux users.
Not much to see here, fortunately.