Jira (FACT-1085) Facter should not redirect stderr to stdout

[Peter Huene (JIRA)]

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Peter Huene updated an issue   Facter / FACT-1085 Facter should not redirect stderr to stdout Change By: Peter Huene Using this custom fact: {code} Facter.add("pe_razor_server_version") do   confine :osfamily => "Debian"   setcode do     Facter::Core::Execution.exec("dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Version}' pe-razor-server | cut -f1 -d'-'")   end end {code} The In Facter 2.x, Facter doesn't redirect the command's  stderr  value of "dpkg-query: no packages found matching pe-razor-server" is being redirected , so it gets printed directly  to the  stdout:  terminal. {noformat} # puppet agent -t Info: Retrieving pluginfacts Info: Retrieving plugin Info: Loading facts dpkg-query: no packages found matching pe-razor-server {noformat} The {{pe_razor_server_version does}} not resolve.  This is the expected behavior. In Facter 3.x, Facter incorrectly redirects the command's stderr into stdout, resulting in {{pe_razor_server_version}} resolving to "dpkg-query: no packages found matching pe-razor-server".  This is the first bug. The second bug is that if dpkg-query (or any first command in a pipe sequence) is not found, then {{Facter::Core::Execution.exec}} treats it as a missing command and returns nil.  Facter does this check for commands, but in this case the command is /bin/sh, which exists.  An additional check is required to the arguments to /bin/sh (i.e. the original command given to {{Facter::Core::Execution::exec}}) and treat it as command missing. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346-sha1:dbc023d) -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.