From 8e12d1fcada48b820505d54ed73030866a30a39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenfe-Mickael Laventure <mickael.laventure@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:24:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ctr: Allow deleting a container in the Created state

Signed-off-by: Kenfe-Mickael Laventure <mickael.laventure@gmail.com>
---
 cmd/ctr/delete.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/ctr/delete.go b/cmd/ctr/delete.go
index 1dbf2a202..ba579b9f3 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/delete.go
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ var deleteCommand = cli.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if status == containerd.Stopped {
+		if status == containerd.Stopped || status == containerd.Created {
 			if _, err := task.Delete(ctx); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			return container.Delete(ctx, deleteOpts...)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot delete a container with an existing task")
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot delete a non stopped container: %v", status)
 	},
 }