'whoami' isn't in the POSIX spec, but 'id -u -n' is in POSIX and does
the same thing [2].
[1]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/
9699919799/idx/utilities.html
[2]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/
9699919799/utilities/id.html#tag_20_59_18
# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
AUTHOR="${AUTHOR:-W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>}"
-NAMESPACE="${NAMESPACE:-$(whoami)}"
+NAMESPACE="${NAMESPACE:-$(id -u -n)}"
DATE="${DATE:-20141023}"
MIRROR="${MIRROR:-http://distfiles.gentoo.org/}"
ARCH_URL="${ARCH_URL:-${MIRROR}releases/amd64/autobuilds/${DATE}/}"