repart: Fail early if no sources are provided for a read-only filesystem

diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 494a3100b78df2b4fd17f21475eb0ba6d35222d3..4e309ab214e4a7efba9ce5924fc560854ad5eab2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -1599,6 +1599,10 @@ static int partition_read_definition(Partition *p, const char *path, const char
                                   "Need to be root to populate %s filesystems with CopyFiles=/MakeDirectories=",
                                   p->format);
 
+        if (p->format && fstype_is_ro(p->format) && strv_isempty(p->copy_files) && strv_isempty(p->make_directories))
+                return log_syntax(NULL, LOG_ERR, path, 1, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
+                                  "Cannot format %s filesystem without source files, refusing", p->format);
+
         if (p->verity != VERITY_OFF || p->encrypt != ENCRYPT_OFF) {
                 r = dlopen_cryptsetup();
                 if (r < 0)