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Package: facter (1.3.8-1) [universe]

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Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainers (usually from Debian):

  • Jamie Wilkinson
  • Jamie Wilkinson
  • Matthew Palmer

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

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a library for retrieving facts from operating systems

A cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from operating systems. Supports multiple resolution mechanisms, any of which can be restricted to working only on certain operating systems or environments. Facter is especially useful for retrieving things like operating system names, IP addresses, MAC addresses, and SSH keys.

It is easy to extend Facter to include your own custom facts or to include additional mechanisms for retrieving facts.

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