Issue #6716 has been reported by Ben Hughes.
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Bug #6716: facter issues on OSX with ipv6 in macaddress.rb
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/6716
Author: Ben Hughes
Status: Needs Decision
Priority: Normal
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Shocker I know, problems with macaddresses.
facter/lib/facter/util/macaddress.rb:
<pre>
def self.default_interface
`#{netstat_command} | /usr/bin/awk '/^default/{print $6}'`.chomp
end
</pre>
Doesn't work for me, because I have more than one default interface, because
I'm the guy using IPv6. Which means default_interface has a "\n" on the end,
which means the:
<pre>
macaddress = `#{ifconfig_command} #{iface} | /usr/bin/awk '/ether/{print
$2;exit}'`.chomp
</pre>
has a "\n" in the middle, so it errors badly and outputs weird things.
This is due to:
<pre>
[ben@Paresthesia:facter]% netstat -rn | /usr/bin/awk '/^default/'
default 192.168.1.254 UGSc 18 0 en1
default 2001:44b8:61::16e UGSc
tun1
</pre>
BUT! The second one doesn't have a 6th element, so an empty line gets thrown
in.
We could either/or:
1) "netstat -rn -f inet" which will assume IPv4 as the main IP stack....
2) "/usr/bin/awk '/^default/ {print $6;exit;}'" only print the first
interface with a default route. If IPv4 has no default route, then IPv6 will be
used, thus keeping that one user happy.
3) some ugly removal of blank lines in the interface name (.chomp.chomp is what
I've just written to test it, but that's hideous).
4) replacement ip/macaddress fact handling system.
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