macOS facter installer not Sierra compatible

sibrcode commented 7 years ago

Puppet hasn't releases a 2.x installer that is compatible with all 10.12 systems.

When running the installer you may get a message saying:

This package is incompatible with this version of macOS and may fail to install.

I haven't found a convenient workaround yet, although it may simply be some missing directories that normally aren't allowed with SIP.

sibrcode commented 7 years ago

Sierra systems where facter was installed while using macOS 12.0 or 12.1 won't have issues, but 12.2 or later systems will. Main issue is installer trying to create file at /usr/bin/facter, and SIP does not allow any new files to be created in /usr/bin.

A crude fix

From a working install:

copy /usr/bin/facter to /usr/local/bin/facter on target
sudo chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/facter
copy /Library/Ruby/Sites/facter.rb to the same location on target
copy directory/Library/Ruby/Sites/facter to the same location on target

sibrcode commented 6 years ago

Now recommending to use the gem command, which currently installs facter 2.5.1.

Issue #18 addresses a new problem, which is how to best add in the new facts.

beezwax / filemaker-facter

macOS facter installer not Sierra compatible #17

A crude fix