Tool tree image initialized from toolbox is not being reused on host

[swick]

On a GNOME OS machine (mkosi main), boostrapping the tools tree doesn't work the standard/default way. I used a workflow where I bootstrapped the tools tree from within a fedora toolbox OCI container so that I could then use mkosi vm for example on the host. This workflow seems to have broken.

I don't necessarily need this particular workflow, but a way to get things working on GNOME OS.

toolbox run -c fedora-toolbox-44 -- ~/.local/bin/mkosi -f box --debug -- echo foo

~/.local/bin/mkosi -f box --debug -- echo foo

$ toolbox run -c fedora-toolbox-44 -- ~/.local/bin/mkosi -f box --debug -- echo foo
$ ~/.local/bin/mkosi -f box --debug -- echo foo
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.conf
‣ + git -C /home/swick/Projects/mkosi rev-parse HEAD
‣ + git -C /home/swick/Projects/mkosi rev-parse --quiet --verify 'f7762b71437227922a367bb89597843c77494ef9^{commit}'
‣ + git -C /home/swick/Projects/mkosi merge-base --is-ancestor f7762b71437227922a367bb89597843c77494ef9 acf08c5ecaab239116932a062f358ebe6aa0f7f6
‣ Distribution of your host can't be detected or isn't a supported target. Defaulting to Distribution=custom.
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.conf.d/build.conf
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.conf.d/extra-search-path.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'main': Bootable=auto and no kernel package found in Packages= or VolatilePackages= for distribution custom
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.conf/mkosi.conf
‣ Loading configuration file /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.conf
‣ Loading configuration file /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.profiles/misc/mkosi.conf
‣ Loading configuration file /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.profiles/runtime/mkosi.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'tools': Bootable=auto and output format directory is not bootable by default
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'build': Bootable=auto and no kernel package found in Packages= or VolatilePackages= for distribution custom
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-0/mkosi.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'minimal-0': Bootable=no
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-1/mkosi.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'minimal-1': Bootable=no
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.conf
‣ Loading configuration file /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.conf.d/build.conf
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'minimal-base': Bootable=no
‣ Distribution of your host can't be detected or isn't a supported target. Defaulting to Distribution=custom.
‣ Not building default initrd for image 'main': Bootable=auto and no kernel package found in Packages= or VolatilePackages= for distribution custom
‣ Cache manifest mismatch for tools image, not reusing cached images
‣ + diff --unified /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest -
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ mkdir /etc
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /tmp/tmp83xwga9o/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ mkdir /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-39e1f3d865d54611 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest -> /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest
--- /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest	2026-07-07 11:03:55.640221209 +0000
+++ -	2026-07-07 11:06:05.008865627 +0000
@@ -1,115 +1,54 @@
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     "build_packages": [],
-    "distribution": "fedora",
+    "distribution": "custom",
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-        "createrepo_c",
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-        "gh",
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-        "grub2-tools",
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-        "lcov",
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-        "libasan",
-        "libfido2",
-        "libgcrypt-devel",
-        "libgpg-error-devel",
-        "libseccomp",
-        "libubsan",
-        "liburing-devel",
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-        "man",
-        "man-pages",
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-        "python3",
-        "python3-mypy",
-        "python3-pefile",
-        "qemu-img",
-        "qemu-kvm-core",
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-        "qemu-system-ppc-core",
-        "qemu-system-s390x-core",
-        "rpm-build",
-        "ruff",
-        "sbsigntools",
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-        "shellcheck",
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-        "squashfs-tools",
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-        "systemd-journal-remote",
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-        "systemd-ukify",
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-        "virt-firmware",
-        "virtiofsd",
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 }
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‣ Cache manifest mismatch for tools image, not reusing cached images
‣ + diff --unified /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest -
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ mkdir /etc
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /tmp/tmpersi2m0d/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ mkdir /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-6b6bb157258040dd -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest -> /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest
--- /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest	2026-07-07 11:03:55.640221209 +0000
+++ -	2026-07-07 11:06:05.053713156 +0000
@@ -1,115 +1,54 @@
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-        "gh",
-        "git-core",
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-        "grub2-tools",
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-        "libasan",
-        "libfido2",
-        "libgcrypt-devel",
-        "libgpg-error-devel",
-        "libseccomp",
-        "libubsan",
-        "liburing-devel",
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-        "man",
-        "man-pages",
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-        "musl-gcc",
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-        "virt-firmware",
-        "virtiofsd",
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-    "release": "rawhide",
+    "release": "",
     "repositories": [],
     "snapshot": null
 }
\ No newline at end of file
‣ Removing output files of tools image…
‣ Acquiring lock on /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools
‣ Acquired lock on /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools
‣ Could not delete subvolume /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools due to permission issues.
Consider adding user_subvol_rm_allowed to your btrfs filesystem mount options.
‣ + rm -rf -- /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools.manifest
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ mkdir /etc
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /tmp/tmpqfoheo5s/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ mkdir /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-1bcbdaa36ebc4636 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi -> /work/home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi
‣ 2.1s for step "Removing output files of tools image…"
‣ /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.tools does not exist, not reusing cached images
‣ Running sync script /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.sync…
‣ + /work/sync final
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-metadata-k3l6uenm/etc -> /etc [readonly]
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /etc/pki/ca-trust -> /etc/pki/ca-trust [readonly]
+ bind /etc/pki/tls -> /etc/pki/tls [readonly]
+ bind /etc/resolv.conf -> /etc/resolv.conf [readonly, nofollow]
+ bind /etc/ssl -> /etc/ssl [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly, optional]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-2e7e4574ab6b4894 -> /media
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-3cd863a175334fbf -> /mnt
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /run -> /run [readonly]
+ bind /tmp/tmphbi5wv33/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-5dc9303b736742ad -> /srv
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-a9b42ea9977b4839 -> /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-a3491f2fe64943a0 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /tmp/tmpwiow39rb -> /work/config.json [readonly]
+ mkdir /work/src
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd -> /work/src
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.sync -> /work/sync [readonly]
‣ 0.0s for step "Running sync script /home/swick/Projects/systemd/mkosi/mkosi.sync…"
‣ Syncing package manager metadata: no incremental images, no caches to preserve
‣ Syncing package manager metadata
‣ 0.0s for step "Syncing package manager metadata"
‣ + rm -rf -- /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-yn1g3brp /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-yn1g3brp/root
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ mkdir /etc
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /tmp/tmp1hodt92v/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ mkdir /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-f9925f7fca7c4276 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi -> /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi
‣ Building tools image
‣ [tools]  Installing Custom
‣ [tools]  0.0s for step "Installing Custom"
‣ [tools]  Running prepare script /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.prepare…
‣ [tools] + /work/prepare final
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/root -> /buildroot
+ dev at /dev
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/sandbox/etc -> /etc [readonly]
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /etc/pki/ca-trust -> /etc/pki/ca-trust [readonly]
+ bind /etc/pki/tls -> /etc/pki/tls [readonly]
+ bind /etc/resolv.conf -> /etc/resolv.conf [readonly, nofollow]
+ bind /etc/ssl -> /etc/ssl [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-f8c150016bbf41b9 -> /media
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-dba17d885f7f4565 -> /mnt
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/repository -> /repository
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /run/systemd/resolve -> /run/systemd/resolve [readonly]
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/tmppbw3ppu0/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-scripts-3gdpuall -> /scripts [readonly]
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-74eef52006ef43bc -> /srv
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-f343f9c9895e44bf -> /var
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-metadata-1hl7bqus/cache/custom -> /var/cache/custom
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-656ee5f888d044b5 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/artifacts -> /work/artifacts
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/tmp/tmpfdkqmbwh -> /work/config.json [readonly]
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/packages -> /work/packages
+ bind /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.prepare -> /work/prepare [readonly]
+ mkdir /work/src
+ bind /home/swick/Projects/systemd -> /work/src
+ mkdir -p /buildroot/usr/share/p11-kit/modules
+ echo 'module: opensc-pkcs11.so'
‣ [tools]  0.1s for step "Running prepare script /tmp/tmpl9mfppuc/resources/mkosi-tools/mkosi.prepare…"
‣ [tools] /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/root/usr/lib/os-release not found.
‣ [tools] (The root must be populated by the distribution, or from base trees, skeleton trees, and prepare scripts.)
‣ [tools] Could not delete subvolume /home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/root due to permission issues.
Consider adding user_subvol_rm_allowed to your btrfs filesystem mount options.
‣ [tools] + rm -rf -- /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi/mkosi-workspace-xxsarygk/root
+ symlink /bin -> usr/bin
+ dev at /dev
+ mkdir /etc
+ bind /etc/ld.so.cache -> /etc/ld.so.cache [readonly]
+ bind /home -> /home [readonly]
+ symlink /lib -> usr/lib
+ symlink /lib64 -> usr/lib64
+ bind /proc -> /proc
+ bind /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt -> /proxy.cacert [readonly]
+ mkdir /run
+ bind /tmp/tmpxqft6fju/mkosi/sandbox.py -> /sandbox.py [readonly]
+ symlink /sbin -> usr/sbin
+ mkdir /tmp
+ bind /usr -> /usr [readonly]
+ mkdir /var
+ mkdir /var/log
+ mkdir /var/tmp
+ bind /var/tmp/mkosi-var-tmp-f61de10ee0d84c90 -> /var/tmp
+ bind /home/swick/.cache/mkosi -> /work/home/swick/.cache/mkosi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/run.py", line 104, in uncaught_exception_handler
    yield
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/contextlib.py", line 85, in inner
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/__main__.py", line 44, in main
    run_verb(args, tools, images, resources=resources)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/__init__.py", line 5160, in run_verb
    build_image(
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^
        Context(
        ^^^^^^^^
    ...<6 lines>...
        )
        ^
    )
    ^
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/__init__.py", line 4087, in build_image
    check_root_populated(context)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/__init__.py", line 363, in check_root_populated
    die(
    ~~~^
        f"{osrelease} not found.",
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
        ),
        ^^
    )
    ^
  File "/home/swick/Projects/mkosi/mkosi/log.py", line 35, in die
    sys.exit(1)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^
SystemExit: 1

[behrmann]

I'm not entirely sure I understand your issue. So let me ask a few questions

The buildstream stuff is, unfortunately, still not done. It needs a patch, you can see in this comment by @abderrahim, but if you just want to bootstrap a tools tree, shouldn't work it for you to generate a mkosi.tools/ directory with buildstream?

[swick]

Thanks for looking at this.

I'm trying to use mkosi to work on systemd on GNOME OS. I don't intent to build GNOME OS itself here.

I also would like to avoid using buildstream to populate the tools dir because it's a lot of work and I just want to hack on systemd right now. So I'd like to use whatever the systemd people came up with. And this bootstrapping via toolbox used to work.

Happy to answer more questions.

[behrmann]

Ah, now it clicked what you're doing. I had misundertstood toolbox to be something else and had scrolled right past the first line of your console snippet.

Honestly, I have no idea where that invocation (with toolbox, the one from the top) will put anything? I also don't know if that ever worked or how.

That being said, the invocation

mkosi -I mkosi-tools --format=directory -o mkosi.tools  build

where mkosi is either the path to the bin/mkosi shim in the repo or some other way to invoke mkosi will build you a tools tree for the autodetected distro as a directory mkosi.tools in the current working directory. If you wrap that with the above toolbox invocation you should get a Fedora tools tree. You can use that tools tree elsewhere via mkosi.tools.

For hacking on systemd you should have a look at docs/HACKING.md in the systemd repo, if you haven't yet. The first invocation will build you a tools tree there, so you will have to wrap that in the toolbox invocation, I assume.

Hope that helps!

[swick]

I ran mkosi -I mkosi-tools --format=directory -o mkosi.tools build in the toolbox. It correctly gave me the tools tree in mkosi/mkosi.tools. Then I ran mkosi -f box -- meson compile -C build outside the toolbox, and it's the same behavior as before:

‣ Cache manifest mismatch for tools image, not reusing cached images
‣ Removing output files of tools image…

And the mkosi/mkosi.tools directory is gone.