podman doesn't create volume host dir when it doesn't exist.

[tmds]

With docker:

$ docker run -v /tmp/doesntexist:/root busybox

This runs. /tmp/doesntexist is created.

With podman:

$ podman run -v /tmp/doesntexist:/root busybox
Error: statfs /tmp/doesntexist: no such file or directory

[rhatdan]

Yes, and we consider this a Bug in Docker. Since a simple typo can lead to a random directory being created on the host OS. We have rejected this before and believe it is the wrong behaviour.

Closed won't fix. BTW I was forced kicking and screaming to allow this for the Remote Compatible API.

[tmds]

@rhatdan is there a doc that describes these known differences?

[rhatdan]

We don't concentrate as much on that as we used to, but the somewhat out of date document
https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/master/transfer.md covers some differences.

[domdomegg]

(duplicate of #6234)