Issue #15798 has been updated by Ashley Penney.

Hey,

If you're feeling ambitious could you grab a copy of 
https://github.com/apenney/facter/tree/ipaddress_vt and see how it works on 
your system?  It should use /sbin/ip by preference.  For the 'interfaces' fact 
it actually uses /proc/net/dev as you suggested so I'd love to see what output 
you get for this branch.  I'm trying to make it less terrible for complex uses. 
:)
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Bug #15798: Fails to handle network interface names longer than 9 characters
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/15798#change-68608

Author: Max Bowsher
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
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Affected Facter version: 1.6.10


Facter currently uses ifconfig on Linux, and as a result, fails to function 
properly if interface names have more than 9 characters, as ifconfig truncates 
them:

# facter >/dev/null
Device "p2p.gdc-f" does not exist.
p2p.gdc-f: error fetching interface information: Device not found

(errors repeated numerous times)


Possible options to fix:
 - Migrate completely to using /sbin/ip if it is available.
 - Continue to use ifconfig, but get the list of interface names by reading 
/proc/net/dev



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