Jira (FACT-1538) Facter 3 ipaddress6 fact returns link local addresses, but Facter 2 didn't

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper created an issue   Facter / FACT-1538 Facter 3 ipaddress6 fact returns link local addresses, but Facter 2 didn't Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/11/23 11:20 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Josh Cooper Facter 2 skipped ipv6 link local addresses: https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter/blob/2.x/lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb#L31 Facter 3 does not: $ facter --version 3.4.1 (commit d0f32490f41ca12722c13e4c48d4572ae4f9bfdc) $ facter os.name Debian $ facter ipaddress6 fe80::250:56ff:fe8f:8a0d On Windows, the link local address has a scope ID, which ruby's IPAddr can't parse: irb(main):013:0> require 'ipaddr' => false irb(main):014:0> require 'facter' => false irb(main):015:0> Facter.value(:ipaddress6) => "fe80::c484:8673:8703:6b60%14" irb(main):016:0> IPAddr.new Facter.value(:ipaddress6) IPAddr::InvalidAddressError: invalid address http://superuser.com/questions/99746/why-is-there-a-percent-sign-in-the-ipv6-address https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8464 As a result, the whereami fact that we use internally breaks when Facter 3 is run on Windows. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- 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.