3 files changed, 79 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/save.go b/cmd/podman/images/save.go
index 024045b9d..82a3513f5 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/save.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/save.go
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/libpod/define"
-
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/cmd/podman/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/cmd/podman/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -83,9 +82,10 @@ func saveFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 }
 
-func save(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func save(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (finalErr error) {
 	var (
-		tags []string
+		tags      []string
+		succeeded = false
 	)
 	if cmd.Flag("compress").Changed && (saveOpts.Format != define.OCIManifestDir && saveOpts.Format != define.V2s2ManifestDir && saveOpts.Format == "") {
 		return errors.Errorf("--compress can only be set when --format is either 'oci-dir' or 'docker-dir'")
@@ -95,7 +95,22 @@ func save(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if terminal.IsTerminal(int(fi.Fd())) {
 			return errors.Errorf("refusing to save to terminal. Use -o flag or redirect")
 		}
-		saveOpts.Output = "/dev/stdout"
+		pipePath, cleanup, err := setupPipe()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if cleanup != nil {
+			defer func() {
+				errc := cleanup()
+				if succeeded {
+					writeErr := <-errc
+					if writeErr != nil && finalErr == nil {
+						finalErr = writeErr
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+		}
+		saveOpts.Output = pipePath
 	}
 	if err := parse.ValidateFileName(saveOpts.Output); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -103,5 +118,9 @@ func save(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) > 1 {
 		tags = args[1:]
 	}
-	return registry.ImageEngine().Save(context.Background(), args[0], tags, saveOpts)
+	err := registry.ImageEngine().Save(context.Background(), args[0], tags, saveOpts)
+	if err == nil {
+		succeeded = true
+	}
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/utils_linux.go b/cmd/podman/images/utils_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5521abab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/utils_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package images
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// setupPipe for fixing https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/7017
+// uses named pipe since containers/image EvalSymlinks fails with /dev/stdout
+// the caller should use the returned function to clean up the pipeDir
+func setupPipe() (string, func() <-chan error, error) {
+	errc := make(chan error)
+	pipeDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "pipeDir")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	pipePath := filepath.Join(pipeDir, "saveio")
+	err = unix.Mkfifo(pipePath, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		if e := os.RemoveAll(pipeDir); e != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf("error removing named pipe: %q", e)
+		}
+		return "", nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating named pipe")
+	}
+	go func() {
+		fpipe, err := os.Open(pipePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			errc <- err
+			return
+		}
+		_, err = io.Copy(os.Stdout, fpipe)
+		fpipe.Close()
+		errc <- err
+	}()
+	return pipePath, func() <-chan error {
+		if e := os.RemoveAll(pipeDir); e != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf("error removing named pipe: %q", e)
+		}
+		return errc
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/utils_unsupported.go b/cmd/podman/images/utils_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69d1df786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/utils_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package images
+
+func setupPipe() (string, func() <-chan error, error) {
+	return "/dev/stdout", nil, nil
+}