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Add support for Dockerfile using a variable within their FROM line, today it fails due to usage of docker inspect not handling the ARG
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Description
I have a Dockerfile that needs to use an ARG in the FROM line:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#understand-how-arg-and-from-interact
```
ARG VERSION=latest
FROM busybox:$VERSION
ARG VERSION
```
This works with docker build but fails with devcontainer because devcontainers try to build the FROM image name without honoring the ARG and call docker inspect which then return a failure.
```
[126 ms] @devcontainers/cli 0.52.1. Node.js v18.18.2. linux 5.15.0-86-generic x64.
{"outcome":"error","message":"Command failed: docker inspect --type image busybox:VERSION","description":"An error occurred building the container."}
```
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