From 35962ed6b09ac995d663aeb7ab0287743cecc24c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 12:23:34 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 252.23. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- src/nspawn/nspawn.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/nspawn') diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c index 6c9f084..68c5b18 100644 --- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c +++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c @@ -1805,8 +1805,10 @@ static int verify_arguments(void) { if (arg_ephemeral && arg_template) return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "--ephemeral and --template= may not be combined."); - if (arg_ephemeral && !IN_SET(arg_link_journal, LINK_NO, LINK_AUTO)) - return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "--ephemeral and --link-journal= may not be combined."); + /* Permit --ephemeral with --link-journal=try-* to satisfy principle of the least astonishment + * (by common sense, "try" means "do not fail if not possible") */ + if (arg_ephemeral && !IN_SET(arg_link_journal, LINK_NO, LINK_AUTO) && !arg_link_journal_try) + return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "--ephemeral and --link-journal={host,guest} may not be combined."); if (arg_userns_mode != USER_NAMESPACE_NO && !userns_supported()) return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP), "--private-users= is not supported, kernel compiled without user namespace support."); -- cgit v1.2.3