+# make sure a machine-id exists
+if [ ! -f $target/etc/machine-id ]; then
+ > $target/etc/machine-id
+fi
+# recreate machine-id if the file is empty
+if [ X"$(stat -c '%s' $target/etc/machine-id 2>/dev/null)" = X0 -a -f $target/bin/systemd-machine-id-setup ]; then