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Fallback to using uname machine for hosts using uutils/coreutils #97

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Fallback to using uname machine for hosts using uutils/coreutils
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Remove trailing space accidentally introduced in uname machine fallba…
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions lib/facter/resolvers/uname.rb
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def build_fact_list(output)
@fact_list[:kernelrelease],
@fact_list[:kernelname],
@fact_list[:kernelversion] = uname_results.map(&:strip)
# uutils/coreutils uname does not implement -p and returns "unknown".
# Fall back to -m (machine), which is the procedure suggested by the
# uutils/coreutils developers.
@fact_list[:processor] = @fact_list[:machine] if @fact_list[:processor] == 'unknown'
else
log.warn('Request to uname returned no output. Uname related facts are not populated.')
end
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