nspawn: print an explanatory error when people try to use --volatile=yes on distros that are not /usr-merged

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Lennart Poettering 2019-07-29 09:14:17 +02:00
parent a18a3aacd3
commit 07b9f3f03c

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@ -1007,14 +1007,33 @@ static int setup_volatile_yes(
bool tmpfs_mounted = false, bind_mounted = false;
char template[] = "/tmp/nspawn-volatile-XXXXXX";
_cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
_cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL, *bindir = NULL;
const char *f, *t, *options;
struct stat st;
int r;
assert(directory);
/* --volatile=yes means we mount a tmpfs to the root dir, and the original /usr to use inside it, and that
read-only. */
/* --volatile=yes means we mount a tmpfs to the root dir, and the original /usr to use inside it, and
* that read-only. Before we start setting this up let's validate if the image has the /usr merge
* implemented, and let's output a friendly log message if it hasn't. */
bindir = path_join(directory, "/bin");
if (!bindir)
return log_oom();
if (lstat(bindir, &st) < 0) {
if (errno != ENOENT)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to stat /bin directory below image: %m");
/* ENOENT is fine, just means the image is probably just a naked /usr and we can create the
* rest. */
} else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EISDIR),
"Sorry, --volatile=yes mode is not supported with OS images that have not merged /bin/, /sbin/, /lib/, /lib64/ into /usr/. "
"Please work with your distribution and help them adopt the merged /usr scheme.");
else if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"Error starting image: if --volatile=yes is used /bin must be a symlink (for merged /usr support) or non-existent (in which case a symlink is created automatically).");
if (!mkdtemp(template))
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create temporary directory: %m");