ENV to support build-time values in Dockerfile

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Maybe it`s there already, and I’ve missed it…

But, I think it would be great if ENV can be a little more dynamic in Dockerfile. For instance…

RUN mysetup.sh
ENV VERSION=`cat version`

Like we do in bash, to execute a command, and pass it into a variable…

Thanks
Marc

2

@erikh? I don’t think I’ve seen a proposal for it yet - and I’m not sure if there are any side-effect issues to worry about.

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I did just come across https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/538

but that’s not really about this either.

4

see https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/4962 as well, it is very useful for proxy issues during build as well.

So we can keep the Dockerfile consistency even in firewall when they need access external repo.