Workflow fix to git sha

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       tag:
-        description: 'Tag to release (e.g. v0.1.0). The tag must already exist.'
+        description: 'Tag to release (e.g. v0.1.0).'
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         id: ref
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
-            echo "ref=${{ inputs.tag }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "ref=${{ github.ref }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "tag=${{ inputs.tag }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "ref=${{ github.ref }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           tag_name: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.tag }}
           name: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.tag }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           files: |

README.md

@@ -8,20 +8,19 @@ Linux).
 
 ## Install
 
-Download the pre-built binary for your platform and make it executable.
-
-Using **curl**:
+Download the native binary for your platform from a release, or build from
+source:
 
 ```shell
-curl -Lo bootstrap_environment "https://github.com/JMR-dev/bootstrap_dev_env/releases/latest/download/bootstrap_environment-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/; s/aarch64/arm64/; s/arm64/arm64/')"
-chmod +x bootstrap_environment
+git clone https://github.com/JMR-dev/bootstrap_dev_env.git
+cd bootstrap_dev_env
+make build           # builds ./bootstrap_environment for the host
 ```
 
-Using **wget**:
+To produce native binaries for all four supported targets at once:
 
 ```shell
-wget -O bootstrap_environment "https://github.com/JMR-dev/bootstrap_dev_env/releases/latest/download/bootstrap_environment-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/; s/aarch64/arm64/; s/arm64/arm64/')"
-chmod +x bootstrap_environment
+make build-all       # writes dist/bootstrap_environment-{linux,darwin}-{amd64,arm64}
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -43,23 +42,3 @@ Flags:
   that backs the `firecracker()` zsh wrapper.
 
 Package lists live in `packages.go`. Edit and rebuild.
-
-## Build from Source
-
-If you prefer to build the tool yourself, or if you are making custom modifications:
-
-1. Clone the repository:
-   ```shell
-   git clone https://github.com/JMR-dev/bootstrap_dev_env.git
-   cd bootstrap_dev_env
-   ```
-
-2. Build for the current host platform:
-   ```shell
-   make build           # builds ./bootstrap_environment for the host
-   ```
-
-To cross-compile binaries for all supported targets at once:
-```shell
-make build-all       # writes dist/bootstrap_environment-{linux,darwin}-{amd64,arm64}
-```

docs/future-state.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Future State
-
-- which guard/check at end of binary
-- unit test suite
-- early program end if nothing found to do

pkgmgr.go

@@ -199,11 +199,6 @@ func resolveSystemPkgs(names []string) ([]string, []string) {
 
 // isSystemPkgInstalled queries the host package manager.
 func isSystemPkgInstalled(pkg string) bool {
-	// If 'which $pkg' returns a value, the package's command is available, so skip it.
-	if r, ok := probe([]string{"which", pkg}, 0); ok && r.ExitCode == 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-
 	switch pkgMgr {
 	case "dnf":
 		r, ok := probe([]string{"rpm", "-q", pkg}, 0)