[systemd-devel] initrd mount wrongly unmounted during bootup

[Aaron_Wright at selinc.com]

I'm working with an embedded device that mounts / and /var in initrd. It 
then switches root and fires up systemd. Early in the boot, after paths 
target, /var gets unmounted. I want systemd to not do that, but I can't 
figure out how to stop it.
I would like systemd to leave /var mounted, but still unmount it during 
shutdown. I would rather not move the mounting of /var out of initrd. Is 
this possible?
I'm trying to use a very stripped down systemd. As minimal as possible. 
I'm using systemd-219. The logs say that var.mount is bound to an inactive 
unit, and it is stopping too. I assume that is why /var gets unmounted, 
but I don't know what to do to stop it. There is no /etc/fstab file. There 
is no var.mount file.
I assume I'm either missing something simple, or it is not possible.
# systemctl --all
...
var.mount                                                   loaded 
inactive dead    /var
...

# journalctl
...
systemd[1]: Unit var.mount is bound to inactive unit. Stopping, too.
...
systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
systemd[1]: Starting Paths.
systemd[1]: Unmounting /var...
systemd[1]: Unmounted /var.
systemd[1]: Created slice System Slice.
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