2 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/root.go b/cmd/podman/root.go
index 1e73f7540..6293fa17d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/root.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/cmd/podman/validate"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/parallel"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/rootless"
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func Execute() {
 	if err := rootCmd.ExecuteContext(registry.GetContextWithOptions()); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error:", err.Error())
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, formatError(err))
 	} else if registry.GetExitCode() == registry.ExecErrorCodeGeneric {
 		// The exitCode modified from registry.ExecErrorCodeGeneric,
 		// indicates an application
@@ -331,3 +332,19 @@ func resolveDestination() (string, string, string) {
 	}
 	return cfg.Engine.ActiveService, uri, ident
 }
+
+func formatError(err error) string {
+	var message string
+	if errors.Cause(err) == define.ErrOCIRuntime {
+		// OCIRuntimeErrors include the reason for the failure in the
+		// second to last message in the error chain.
+		message = fmt.Sprintf(
+			"Error: %s: %s",
+			define.ErrOCIRuntime.Error(),
+			strings.TrimSuffix(err.Error(), ": "+define.ErrOCIRuntime.Error()),
+		)
+	} else {
+		message = "Error: " + err.Error()
+	}
+	return message
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/root_test.go b/cmd/podman/root_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0473128df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/root_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func TestFormatError(t *testing.T) {
+	err := errors.New("unknown error")
+	output := formatError(err)
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf("Error: %v", err)
+
+	if output != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected \"%s\" to equal \"%s\"", output, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormatOCIError(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedPrefix := "Error: "
+	expectedSuffix := "OCI runtime output"
+	err := errors.Wrap(define.ErrOCIRuntime, expectedSuffix)
+	output := formatError(err)
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(output, expectedPrefix) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected \"%s\" to start with \"%s\"", output, expectedPrefix)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(output, expectedSuffix) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected \"%s\" to end with \"%s\"", output, expectedSuffix)
+	}
+}