Jira (FACT-3022) `--json` flag inconsistencies between Facter 3 and Facter 4 when resolving external executable files

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Mihai Buzgau (Jira)

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Facter / Bug FACT-3022
`--json` flag inconsistencies between Facter 3 and Facter 4 when resolving external executable files
Change By: Mihai Buzgau
Summary: `--json` flag inconsistencies between Facter 3 and Facter 4 when resolving external executable files
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Acceptance Criteria: --json produces the same output on Facter 3 and Facter 4

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Running facter cli with `--json` produces different outputs, on Facter 3 and Facter 4, for facts that cannot be resolved
when querying for fact names


{code}
# facter 4
❯ bx facter non_existent --json
{
  "non_existent": null
}

# facter 3
❯ cfacter non_existent --json
{
  "non_existent": ""
}
{code}

This can also be seen with external executable facts that do not produce any output, or have errors, creating entries in `puppet facts diff`

{code}
cat /etc/facter/facts.d/bad.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo bad=`abc`

puppet facts diff
Warning: Facter: external fact file "/etc/facter/facts.d/bad.sh" had output on stderr: /etc/facter/facts.d/bad.sh: line 2: abc: command not found
Warning: Facter: external fact file "/etc/facter/facts.d/bad.sh" had output on stderr: /etc/facter/facts.d/bad.sh: line 2: abc: command not found
{
  "bad": {
    "new_value": null,
    "old_value": ""
  }
}
{code}

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