# locate the packages and groups file
pkgsfile=$(pl_locateDistroFile ../build/ ${pldistro} vserver.pkgs)
+# Some of the PlanetLab RPMs attempt to (re)start themselves in %post,
+# unless the installation is running inside the BootCD environment. We
+# would like to pretend that we are.
+export PL_BOOTCD=1
+
# Populate image with vserver-reference packages
pl_root_setup_chroot ${vref} -k -f $pkgsfile
-for systemvserver in ../build/config.${pldistro}/vserver-*.pkgs ; do
+systemvserver_count=$(ls ../build/config.${pldistro}/vserver-*.pkgs 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+[ $systemvserver_count -gt 0 ] && for systemvserver in $(ls ../build/config.${pldistro}/vserver-*.pkgs) ; do
NAME=$(basename $systemvserver .pkgs | sed -e s,vserver-,,)
echo "--------START BUILDING system vserver ${NAME}: $(date)"