Issue #10909 has been updated by Daniel Pittman. Status changed from Accepted to Rejected
Working around bugs in long obsolete versions of the Linux kernel (eg: 2.6.13) is a bad strategy, and will result in more fragile, harder to maintain code. Working around these because a vendor reintroduced the bug briefly as part of a kernel update doesn't make that any wiser. ---------------------------------------- Bug #10909: Shell out when reading from /proc https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/10909 Author: Josh Cooper Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Keywords: Branch: Affected Facter version: There are many places in facter where it using ruby's IO.read or IO.readlines to read the contents of files in /proc. This is problematic, as it can cause ruby to block definitely. It is better to use: <pre> Facter::Util::Resolution.exec("/bin/cat #{uptime_file} 2>/dev/null") </pre> with an appropriate timeout. This issue was triggering https://support.puppetlabs.com/tickets/482 (though not the cause) -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
