From 85e9805903d146f81551cb2c8398fb7f2345a55e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Labich <nick@labich.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:25:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] sysupdate: Prevent unnecessary failure when a transfer Path
 is not present

Fixes https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/38007
---
 src/sysupdate/sysupdate-resource.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-resource.c b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-resource.c
index 4060deeddf5..549edcf9d4c 100644
--- a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-resource.c
+++ b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-resource.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ int resource_resolve_path(
 
         } else if (RESOURCE_IS_FILESYSTEM(rr->type)) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *resolved = NULL, *relative_to = NULL;
-                ChaseFlags chase_flags = CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT;
+                ChaseFlags chase_flags = CHASE_NONEXISTENT | CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT;
 
                 if (rr->path_relative_to == PATH_RELATIVE_TO_EXPLICIT) {
                         assert(relative_to_directory);
-- 
2.47.3