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commit 0b2c7660e3f5d6ec90255eede709d81126e49d89
parent c8a7ec3cfe39d88d3aead5422d905f93a95e6cf4
Author: cowmonk <cowmonk@based.pt>
Date:   Fri, 29 May 2026 18:45:06 +0000

uncomplicating the mess of yash

getting rid of my initial design of making everything too complicated
and defaulting to users having to specify the user instead.

Diffstat:
M
Makefile
 | 
9
++++-----
M
README
 | 
4
+++-

2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 .POSIX:
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 
-USRFILE  = .user
-USR      = $(shell tr -d '\n' < $(USRFILE) 2>/dev/null)
-HOME_DIR = $(shell awk -F: -v u="$(USR)" '$$1==u{print $$6}' /etc/passwd)
+USR     ?= $(whoami)
+HOME_DIR = /home/$(USR)/
 
 include config.mk
 
@@ -79,8 +78,8 @@ install: build
 		#install -d -m 0755 "$(HOME_DIR)/.config/yash"; \
 		#cp -av $(TOP)/files/config/yash/* $(HOME_DIR)/.config/yash/; \
 		#chown -R $(USR):$(USR) $(HOME_DIR)/.config/;
-		echo $(USR)
-		echo $(HOME_DIR)
+		echo $(USR); \
+		echo $(HOME_DIR); \
 	fi
 
 clean: build
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ Here are the options (these are parsed as ENV variables):
 Here is an example of a user using dotless for a laptop installing to a /usr/local prefix on OpenBSD whist using yash shell:
 ```sh
 $ make PREFIX=/usr/local LAPTOP=1 BSD=1 YASH=1
-$ doas make PREFIX=/usr/local LAPTOP=1 BSD=1 YASH=1 install # yes, I prefer opendoas
+$ doas make PREFIX=/usr/local LAPTOP=1 BSD=1 YASH=1 USR=cowmonk install # yes, I prefer opendoas
 ```
+NOTE: if you want to install my particular yash profile, you need to specify a user to install the files to the correct home
+directory or it'll default to `$(whoami)` during install, which is likely the root user.
 
 Patches
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