Host has various /etc directories symlinked to a config git repo. Running "virt-filesystems -a ./somevm.qcow2" fails with parent directory not found. Commands ran as root. Filesystem is ZFS and /etc is same dataset as /. Can Workaround by replacing symlink with regular copied directory. OS: Debian Sid virt-filesystems 1.52.3 supermin 5.2.2 Reproduce, command is from above virt-filesystems with "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1" $ rm -r /var/tmp/.guestfs-0 $ /usr/bin/supermin --build --verbose --if-newer --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-0/lock --copy-kernel -f ext2 --host-cpu x86_64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux gnu/guestfs/supermin.d -o /var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d supermin: version: 5.2.2 supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-0/lock supermin: build: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d supermin: reading the supermin appliance supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type uncompressed excludefiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type uncompressed hostfiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-hfsplus type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-reiserfs type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-xfs type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: mapping package names to installed packages supermin: resolving full list of package dependencies supermin: build: 235 packages, including dependencies supermin: build: 10764 files supermin: build: 5622 files, after matching excludefiles supermin: build: 5634 files, after adding hostfiles supermin: build: 5634 files, after removing unreadable files supermin: build: 5649 files, after munging supermin: kernel: looking for kernel using environment variables ... supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /lib/modules/*/vmlinuz ... supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /boot ... supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.21-amd64 = 6.12.21-amd64 (from content) supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.21-amd64 supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.16-amd64 = 6.12.16-amd64 (from content) supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.16-amd64 supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.13-amd64 = 6.12.13-amd64 (from content) supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.13-amd64 supermin: kernel: picked vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.21-amd64 supermin: kernel: kernel_version 6.12.21-amd64 supermin: kernel: modpath /lib/modules/6.12.21-amd64 supermin: ext2: creating empty ext2 filesystem '/var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d.teh80a96/root' supermin: ext2: populating from base image supermin: *** parent directory not found *** supermin: When reporting this error: supermin: please include ALL the debugging information below supermin: AND tell us what system you are running this on. src=/var/tmp/superminaa2b2a.tmpdir/base.d/etc/udev/udev.conf dest=/etc/udev/udev.conf dirname=/holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/udev basename=udev.conf supermin: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found: /holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/udev: File not found by ext2_lookup supermin: failure: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found Did workaround with udev, next SSH fails. Logs are the same up to this point supermin: ext2: creating empty ext2 filesystem '/var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d.3zru7brm/root' supermin: ext2: populating from base image supermin: *** parent directory not found *** supermin: When reporting this error: supermin: please include ALL the debugging information below supermin: AND tell us what system you are running this on. src=/var/tmp/superminb70190.tmpdir/base.d/etc/ssh/ssh_config dest=/etc/ssh/ssh_config dirname=/holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/ssh basename=ssh_config supermin: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found: /holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/ssh: File not found by ext2_lookup supermin: failure: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found