Installing the patched version of memory.rb from
https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter/commit/9ff4453b2f0843df887ae1ec2098a4336291df0c
helped reduce the number of puppet hangs that we experience, but we were
still getting hung processes. Attaching strace to a hung puppet
process showed a constant
It would be fantastic if we could get memory.rb back ported to Precise,
as this is really irritating to need to maintain a separate copy of
memory.rb. Without the patched version, we experience many hangs per
day with 'puppet apply' running via cron. Surprising to see a hang bug
remain for so
