2 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/build.go b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
index 4c563ed27..751db099f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/build.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package images
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -289,7 +291,23 @@ func build(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	report, err := registry.ImageEngine().Build(registry.GetContext(), containerFiles, *apiBuildOpts)
+
 	if err != nil {
+		exitCode := buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric
+		if registry.IsRemote() {
+			// errors from server does not contain ExitCode
+			// so parse exit code from error message
+			remoteExitCode, parseErr := utils.ExitCodeFromBuildError(fmt.Sprint(errors.Cause(err)))
+			if parseErr == nil {
+				exitCode = remoteExitCode
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ee, ok := (errors.Cause(err)).(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+			exitCode = ee.ExitCode()
+		}
+
+		registry.SetExitCode(exitCode)
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/error.go b/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
index 2d58bc70d..aab1da675 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	buildahCLI "github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/cli"
 )
 
 type OutputErrors []error
@@ -17,3 +22,24 @@ func (o OutputErrors) PrintErrors() (lastError error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+/* For remote client, server does not returns error with exit code
+   instead returns a message and we cast it to a new error.
+
+   Following function performs parsing on build error and returns
+   exit status which was exepected for this current build
+*/
+func ExitCodeFromBuildError(errorMsg string) (int, error) {
+	if strings.Contains(errorMsg, "exit status") {
+		errorSplit := strings.Split(errorMsg, " ")
+		if errorSplit[len(errorSplit)-2] == "status" {
+			tmpSplit := strings.Split(errorSplit[len(errorSplit)-1], "\n")
+			exitCodeRemote, err := strconv.Atoi(tmpSplit[0])
+			if err == nil {
+				return exitCodeRemote, nil
+			}
+			return buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric, err
+		}
+	}
+	return buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric, errors.New("error message does not contains a valid exit code")
+}