Create the source dir for custom mounts using the 'linkfiles' option.

We can't bootstrap it, but creating it so the user doesn't have to
(and maybe can't due to permissions) is a still convenient.

diff --git a/scripts/live-helpers b/scripts/live-helpers
index 442f749..4be7d9d 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/live-helpers
+++ b/scripts/live-helpers
@@ -1398,12 +1398,13 @@ activate_custom_mounts ()
                # dealing with /etc or other system dir.
                if [ ! -d "${source}" ]
                then
-                       if [ -n "${PERSISTENT_READONLY}" ] || [ -n "${opt_linkfiles}" ]
+                       if [ -n "${PERSISTENT_READONLY}" ]
                        then
                                continue
-                       elif [ -n "${opt_union}" ]
+                       elif [ -n "${opt_union}" ] || [ -n "${opt_linkfiles}" ]
                        then
-                               # union's don't need to be bootstrapped
+                               # unions and don't need to be bootstrapped
+                               # linkfiles dirs can't be bootstrapped in a sensible way
                                mkdir "${source}"
                        else
                                # ensure that $dest is not copied *into* $source