From e1a00f609fade0dce71f4f1db28d803b5f7a6c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philippe Teuwen <phil@teuwen.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 10:27:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] USER not defined on some platforms like Archlinux

---
 Makefile.defs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 851567ea2..529e794e8 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ endif
 # been here
 DEFSBEENHERE = true
 
+# USER not defined on some platforms like Archlinux
+USER ?= $(shell id -u -n)
+
 CP = cp -a
 GZIP = gzip
 MKDIR = mkdir -p