moby / moby/buildkit

Setting `FROM --platform` pointing to a stage is silently ignored

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Description

I naively tried something like this in my project:

FROM alpine AS base

FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} base AS expensive
RUN sleep 100 && uname -a > /foo

FROM scratch AS final
COPY --from=expensive /foo .

My expectation was that the expensive stage would only run once on my native platform. However, I see it running twice in parallel

This however only runs the expensive stage once:

FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} alpine AS expensive
RUN sleep 100 && uname -a > /foo

FROM scratch AS final
COPY --from=expensive /foo .

My guess is that --platform only applies to docker image sources? Should it be an error if used with something else?

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Start by reproducing the two Dockerfile examples in the issue and compare how the stage-based and image-based FROM --platform forms are processed. Trace the Dockerfile frontend handling for FROM and stage references; done means the behavior is either corrected or an explicit error and regression coverage are established for the reported case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, dockerfile, go
Domain
build-system, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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