Only write to /etc/machine-id if /etc exists

diff --git a/mkosi/__init__.py b/mkosi/__init__.py
index 8a94335c5cf24e69c76237353bbc3be7d7403c05..ac9dbef3be88ed23cd1f5c83f74bfedd904e8016 100644 (file)
--- a/mkosi/__init__.py
+++ b/mkosi/__init__.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def install_distribution(context: Context) -> None:
         with complete_step(f"Installing {str(context.config.distribution).capitalize()}"):
             context.config.distribution.install(context)
 
-            if not (context.root / "etc/machine-id").exists():
+            if (context.root / "etc").exists() and not (context.root / "etc/machine-id").exists():
                 # Uninitialized means we want it to get initialized on first boot.
                 with umask(~0o444):
                     (context.root / "etc/machine-id").write_text("uninitialized\n")