Jira (FACT-3096) facter execution API is stripping spaces

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Facter / FACT-3096 facter execution API is stripping spaces Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: FACT 4.2.5 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2021/11/15 1:57 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Ciprian Badescu Facter execution API is stripping leading and trailing white-spaces, observed while working on https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-3094 Reproduction: [root@urgent-equating ~]# gem install facter Fetching: facter-4.2.5.gem (100%) Successfully installed facter-4.2.5 1 gem installed [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(ruby -e "require 'facter'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y XA BY It's visible on all Facter 4 version, not on Facter 2 Add Comment

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[Ciprian Badescu (Jira)]

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Facter / FACT-3096 facter execution API is stripping spaces

Change By: Ciprian Badescu

Facter execution API is stripping leading and trailing white-spaces, observed while working on https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-3094

It's visible on all Facter 4 and Facter 3 version, not on Facter 2 Reproduction: {code:java} echo X$(/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby -e "require '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/libfacter.so'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y XA BY

[root@urgent-equating ~]# gem install facter Fetching: facter-4.2.5.gem (100%) Successfully installed facter-4.2.5 1 gem installed [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(ruby -e "require 'facter'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y XA BY

[root@urgent-equating ~]# gem uninstall facter Remove executables: facter in addition to the gem? [Yn]  y Removing facter Successfully uninstalled facter-4.2.5 [root@urgent-equating ~]# gem install facter -v 2.5.7 Fetching: facter-2.5.7.gem (100%) Successfully installed facter-2.5.7

1 gem installed [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(ruby -e "require 'facter'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y X A B Y

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It's visible on all Facter 4 version, not on Facter 2

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Ciprian Badescu updated an issue

Facter / FACT-3096 facter execution API is stripping spaces Change By: Ciprian Badescu

Facter execution API is stripping leading and trailing white-spaces, observed while working on https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-3094

It's visible on all Facter 4 versions and in Facter 3 version , not on Facter 2 Reproduction: {code:java} [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby -e "require '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/libfacter.so'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y

XA BY [root@urgent-equating ~]# gem install facter Fetching: facter-4.2.5.gem (100%) Successfully installed facter-4.2.5 1 gem installed [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(ruby -e "require 'facter'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y XA BY [root@urgent-equating ~]# gem uninstall facter Remove executables: facter in addition to the gem? [Yn]  y Removing facter Successfully uninstalled facter-4.2.5 [root@urgent-equating ~]# gem install facter -v 2.5.7 Fetching: facter-2.5.7.gem (100%) Successfully installed facter-2.5.7 1 gem installed [root@urgent-equating ~]# echo X$(ruby -e "require 'facter'; puts Facter::Core::Execution.execute('echo \" A B \"') ")Y X A B Y {code}

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[Ciprian Badescu (Jira)]

Ciprian Badescu commented on FACT-3096

Re: facter execution API is stripping spaces Michael Smith, so you have any background info on this?

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[Michael Smith (Jira)]

Michael Smith commented on FACT-3096

Re: facter execution API is stripping spaces

Not really. I think that was just how Peter Huene decided to implement it in Facter 3. Relevant code is https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter/blob/3.x/lib/src/ruby/module.cc#L1030.

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