Puppet users - Jul 2013 - Wierd error... puppet agent that *used* to work but now doesn't

What does this error mean?
Could not retrieve macaddress: undefined method `exec_ifconfig'' for
Facter::Util::IP:Module


I''ve done a complete uninstallation puppet and facter a few times and
reinstalled them to no avail.   Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Could not retrieve macaddress: undefined method `exec_ifconfig'' for
Facter::Util::IP:Module


puppet version: 2.7.10
facter version: 1.6.5
ruby version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [x86_64-linux]

Debian Linux. (6.0)



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Hi Peter,


On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Peter Berghold
<salty.cowdawg@gmail.com>wrote:
> What does this error mean?
> Could not retrieve macaddress: undefined method `exec_ifconfig''
for
> Facter::Util::IP:Module
>
>
> I''ve done a complete uninstallation puppet and facter a few times
and
> reinstalled them to no avail.   Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Could not retrieve macaddress: undefined method `exec_ifconfig''
for
> Facter::Util::IP:Module
>
>
> puppet version: 2.7.10
> facter version: 1.6.5
> ruby version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [x86_64-linux]
>
> Debian Linux. (6.0)
>
>
>
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> Peter L. Berghold                       Salty.Cowdawg@gmail.com
>
> http://blog.berghold.net
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You have multiple versions of facter installed. This typically happens when
facter gets installed both as a gem and via your package manager.

Josh

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On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Josh Cooper <josh@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>
> You have multiple versions of facter installed. This typically happens
> when facter gets installed both as a gem and via your package manager.
>
>
Josh,

Thanks for the reply.

I suspected as much and went through the system in question with a sword
the day after I posted my query.  I uninstalled puppet, facter and ruby and
then went through the ruby trees to find any suspect vestiges of
puppet/facter hanging around.  Re-installed everything and the problem went
away.

Drastic.. but it worked.




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