[systemd-devel] [PATCH] nspawn: require /etc/os-release only for init

[Vincent Batts]

/etc/os-release is expected for the case for booting a full system, and
need not be required for thin container execution.
---
  src/nspawn/nspawn.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index f904ebe..cf03a40 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                  goto finish;
          }
  
-        if (path_is_os_tree(arg_directory) <= 0) {
+        if (arg_boot && path_is_os_tree(arg_directory) <= 0) {
                  log_error("Directory %s doesn't look like an OS root directory (/etc/os-release is missing). Refusing.", arg_directory);
                  goto finish;
          }
-- 
1.8.4

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