bpo-32199: The getnode() ip getter now uses 'ip link' instead of 'ip link list' (GH-4696) (#4747)

miss-islington · xdegaye · commit 03031fbc7d44 · 2017-12-07T13:48:14.000+01:00
(cherry picked from commit 961dbe0)
diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def _ifconfig_getnode():
 def _ip_getnode():
     """Get the hardware address on Unix by running ip."""
     # This works on Linux with iproute2.
-    mac = _find_mac('ip', 'link list', [b'link/ether'], lambda i: i+1)
+    mac = _find_mac('ip', 'link', [b'link/ether'], lambda i: i+1)
     if mac:
         return mac
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-04-12-23-26.bpo-32199.nGof4v.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-04-12-23-26.bpo-32199.nGof4v.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The getnode() ip getter now uses 'ip link' instead of 'ip link list'.

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