Move up check for empty jail to fix issue 512 (#531)

iocage/lib/ioc_create.py

@@ -371,7 +371,15 @@ def _create_jail(self, jail_uuid, location):
 
         final_line = f"{etc_hosts_ip_addr}\t{jail_hostname}\n"
 
-        if not self.clone:
+        if self.empty:
+            open(f"{location}/fstab", "wb").close()
+
+            config["release"] = "EMPTY"
+            config["cloned_release"] = "EMPTY"
+
+            iocjson.json_write(config)
+
+        elif not self.clone:
             open(f"{location}/fstab", "wb").close()
 
             with open(f"{location}/root/etc/hosts", "r") as _etc_hosts:
@@ -441,12 +449,6 @@ def _create_jail(self, jail_uuid, location):
 
             iocjson.json_write(config)
 
-        if self.empty:
-            config["release"] = "EMPTY"
-            config["cloned_release"] = "EMPTY"
-
-            iocjson.json_write(config)
-
         if not self.plugin:
             if self.clone:
                 msg = f"{jail_uuid} successfully cloned!"