Jira (FACT-1912) Should be possible to merge structured facts

[Matthias Baur (JIRA)]

Matthias Baur created an issue

Facter / FACT-1912 Should be possible to merge structured facts Issue Type: New Feature Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2019/03/12 1:27 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Matthias Baur (Copied from https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/20408 originally created by Erik Dalén) To be able to extend one structured fact with more data it should be possible to deep merge two facts. For example it there was a “interfaces” hash containing network interfaces and info about them and you wanted to add LLDP information to them you could add another interfaces fact that would get deep merged with the original one. Add Comment

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[Matthias Baur (JIRA)]

Matthias Baur commented on FACT-1912

Re: Should be possible to merge structured facts This feature would allow a better name spacing of facts. Lets take the "apt" facts as an example: root@test:/# facter -p | grep ^apt apt_dist_updates => 3 apt_has_dist_updates => true apt_has_updates => true apt_package_dist_updates => [ apt_package_security_dist_updates => [ apt_package_security_updates => [ apt_package_updates => [ apt_reboot_required => false apt_security_dist_updates => 3 apt_security_updates => 3 apt_update_last_success => 1552361391 apt_updates => 3 Those facts could be merge under an "apt" parent key: root@test:/# facter -p ... apt => { dist_updates => 3, has_dist_updates => true, has_updates => true, package_dist_updates => [ ...], ... } ... The difference in Puppet code is: Current way: $foo = $facts['apt_dist_updates'] $bar = $facts['apt_reboot_required'] New way: $foo = $facts['apt']['dist_updates'] $bar = $facts['apt']['reboot_required']

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[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

Geoff Nichols updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1912

Should be possible to merge structured facts

Change By: Geoff Nichols Sprint: PR - Triage

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[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

Geoff Nichols updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1912 Should be possible to merge structured facts

Change By: Geoff Nichols Team: Puppet Romania

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[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

Geoff Nichols updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1912 Should be possible to merge structured facts

Change By: Geoff Nichols Sprint: PR - Triage

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[Mihai Buzgau (JIRA)]

Mihai Buzgau updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1912 Should be possible to merge structured facts

Change By: Mihai Buzgau Team: Puppet Romania

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[Claudia Petty (Jira)]

Claudia Petty updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1912 Should be possible to merge structured facts

Change By: Claudia Petty Labels: new-feature

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