Jira (FACT-1401) facter fails on Mac OS X when run in LC_ALL=C locale

[Michal Ruzicka (JIRA)]

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Michal Ruzicka created an issue   Facter / FACT-1401 facter fails on Mac OS X when run in LC_ALL=C locale Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: FACT 2.4.6 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/04/25 1:02 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Michal Ruzicka The following happens on my mac: $ LC_ALL=C facter --trace undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/macosx.rb:39:in `<top (required)>' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:130:in `load' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:130:in `kernel_load' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:115:in `load_file' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:49:in `block (2 levels) in load_all' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:47:in `each' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:47:in `block in load_all' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:45:in `each' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:45:in `load_all' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:104:in `load_all' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter.rb:126:in `to_hash' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/lib/facter/application.rb:46:in `run' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/facter-2.4.6-universal-darwin/bin/facter:20:in `<top (required)>' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/facter:23:in `load' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/facter:23:in `<main>' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval' /Users/mruzicka/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main> The underlying problem seems to be that the output of the /usr/sbin/system_profiler command contains UTF-8 characters on my mac even when run in the LC_ALL=C locale: LC_ALL=C /usr/sbin/system_profiler -xml SPSoftwareDataType ... <key>user_name</key> <string>Michal Růžička (mruzicka)</string> ... The code in lib/facter/util/macosx.rb should expect UTF-8 output from the command irrespective of the locale settings. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.