Jira (FACT-2945) Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path

[Sanjay Tripathi (Jira)]

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Facter / FACT-2945 Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: FACT 4.0.44 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Facter 4 Created: 2021/02/22 1:04 PM Priority: Critical Reporter: Sanjay Tripathi Hello, On Windows, we have a requirement for deep nested paths, like: C:\tester\folder_1_12345678901234567890\folder_2_12345678901234567890\folder_3_12345678901234567890\folder_4_12345678901234567890\ With the gem installed in a such a deep path, when the Facter gem install fails due to error in Ruby's open() function: C:\tester\folder_1_12345678901234567890\folder_2_12345678901234567890\folder_3_12345678901234567890\folder_4_12345678901234567890\tstdeploy\puppet\bin>gem install --local c:\path\to\facter-4.0.49.gem ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::ENOENT) No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/tester/folder_1_12345678901234567890/folder_2_12345678901234567890/folder_3_12345678901234567890/folder_4_12345678901234567890/tstdeploy/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/facter-4.0.49/lib/facter/facts/macosx/system_profiler/boot_rom_version.rb How can this error be resolved on Windows when the install directory has a long nested path? Thank you. Add Comment

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[Sanjay Tripathi (Jira)]

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Facter / FACT-2945 Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path

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Hello, On Windows, we have a requirement for deep nested paths, like: C:\tester\folder_1_12345678901234567890\folder_2_12345678901234567890\folder_3_12345678901234567890\folder_4_12345678901234567890\

With the gem installed in a such a deep path, when the Facter gem install is executed, it fails due to an error in Ruby's open() function:

C:\tester\folder_1_12345678901234567890\folder_2_12345678901234567890\folder_3_12345678901234567890\folder_4_12345678901234567890\tstdeploy\puppet\bin>gem install --local c:\path\to\facter-4.0.49.gem ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::ENOENT) No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/tester/folder_1_12345678901234567890/folder_2_12345678901234567890/folder_3_12345678901234567890/folder_4_12345678901234567890/tstdeploy/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/facter-4.0.49/lib/facter/facts/macosx/system_profiler/boot_rom_version.rb How can this error be resolved on Windows when the install directory has a long nested path? Thank you.

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[Mihai Buzgau (Jira)]

Mihai Buzgau commented on FACT-2945

Re: Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path Hi Sanjay Tripathi the long path is a limitation of Windows/ruby gem application. There is nothing we can do on our side.

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[Sanjay Tripathi (Jira)]

Sanjay Tripathi commented on FACT-2945

Re: Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path

Hello, Windows can handle long paths if the path is prefixed with "\\?\". How can we add that prefix in this situation? The Facter gem add this prefix when it installs the gem. Or can you please specify the particular rubygem which needs to handle this prefix, so that we can create a bug against that rubygem?

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[Sanjay Tripathi (Jira)]

Sanjay Tripathi updated an issue

Facter / FACT-2945

Windows: Facter 4.0.x gem install fails due to long path

Change By: Sanjay Tripathi Priority: Critical Blocker

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