Facter 1.6.17 has a fix for the ip address issue for distros that use newer versions of net-tools.
On Monday, December 31, 2012 1:55:49 AM UTC-8, Mandla Mbuli wrote: > > > Im considering just continue working on the tutorial, hopefully this gets > sorted by the time I need it. > I tried merging (https://github.com/Elwell/facter.git ifconfig_refactor > into a clone > https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter.git master and fixed the merge > conflict. I then tried > installing and this need ruby knowledge and I have 0 ruby knowledge. > > Quick guess I did 'gem build facter.gemspec' then 'gem install > facter-1.6.11.gem' then tried > 'facter ipaddress' and I get an error: > > /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot > load such file -- facter/application (LoadError) > from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require' > from /usr/bin/facter:69:in `<main>' > > Should I just wait for the pull to be merged into the puppet branch? > > On Monday, 31 December 2012 01:51:34 UTC+2, Ashley Penney wrote: >> >> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Mandla Mbuli <lm.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am running a version 'facterversion => 2.0.0-rc4' do you know if this >>> uses /sbin/ip? >>> does it adapt for ArchLinux which uses puts it in /usr/sbin/ip (judgin >>> from `which ip`) >>> `facter ipaddress` and `facter fqdn` don't work for me. I don't know how >>> to troubleshoot. >>> I just started really reading/playing about puppet today. >>> >>> I also tried the latest version available from rubygems and it still >>> can't find the ipadress >>> or fqdn. >>> >>> What could be the possible problems? >>> >> >> The pull request hasn't been merged so I believe it still only uses >> ifconfig. You'll have to either find a way to install that on arch or try >> and manually merge the pull request in I'm afraid! >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/2o0JaiAVzFwJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
