Issue #5510 has been updated by Paul Nasrat.
The thinking for 2.0 is to completely rework the load system anyway, as noted by the reporter it is fragile and obtuse to fact developers. However just sorting here doesn't make sense - what we want is a well defined set of core facts with coherent meaning (see architecture fact discussion amongst others) and a reliable way of stating dependencies/loading. http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/facter/wiki/ArchitectureForTwoDotOh However this patch does get us incrementally there - by adding a sort, we could potentially then add a custom sort to order the core first. I'd want to look at this in a bit more depth - Rick can you mail this to list using the instructions below, I find larger design discussions over email easier to deal with than a textbox in a redmine. http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Development_Development_Lifecycle ---------------------------------------- Bug #5510: facter custom fact ruby files should be loaded deterministically https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5510 Author: Rick Bradley Status: Investigating Priority: Normal Assignee: Nigel Kersten Category: Target version: Keywords: Branch: When defining a set of custom facts via ruby libraries, the libraries are not loaded deterministically on different operating systems and/or filesystems. When a ruby-defined fact definition relies on the definition of other ruby-defined facts, the facts may not be evaluated depending upon the operating system / filesystem in use (e.g., Mac OSX by default appears to sort, while some variants of linux on ext3 appears to use another ordering). The problem is that the return result from ruby's Dir.entries varies from platform to platform. The obvious fix is to sort the return value from Dir.entries before use. A pull request with specs for the problem and a resolution is forthcoming. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
