I am new to Docker, and don't know what is causing this error or how to diagnose it. Any specific help with this problem or tips on where to check first to diagnose this type of problem would be much appreciated!
My Dockerfile:
FROM java:8
# Install maven
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -y install maven
# Build foo
ENV curr /foo
WORKDIR $curr
ADD $curr/pom.xml /code/$curr
ADD $curr/src /code/$curr
RUN mvn package
When I try to build it with "docker build .":
...
Step 7 : ADD $curr/src /code/$curr
Error processing tar file(exit status 1): Error setting up pivot dir: mkdir /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/236c9a1ac7edbd177f4718286f530cbba4ca275ec881be1e8fa3168e572843ac/rootfs/code/foo/.pivot_root774820419: not a directory
From what I understand, mkdir prints this when it tries to create a directory, but a file, symlink or socket by the same name already exists. But this seems to be some step internal to Docker, and changing the debug level didn't produce any useful output.