@@ -642,9 +642,10 @@ func ValidateContextDirectory(srcPath string, excludes []string) error {

 			return err

 		}

 		// skip checking if symlinks point to non-existing files, such symlinks can be useful

+		// also skip named pipes, because they hanging on open

 		lstat, _ := os.Lstat(filePath)

-		if lstat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink {

-			return err

+		if lstat.Mode()&(os.ModeSymlink|os.ModeNamedPipe) != 0 {

+			return nil

 		}

 		if !f.IsDir() {