docs: make UUIDv4 example RFC compliant #13229
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Description
The output of the example on uuidv4 Function is not a valid RFC compliant UUIDv4. It indicates the usage of the
uuidv4()
function and outputsb5ee72a3-54dd-c4b8-551c-4bdc0204cedb
which is not a valid UUIDv4.I've corrected the example to output a UUIDv4 conforming to the RFC as such
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-Nxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
, where:4
(indicating version 4).8
,9
,a
, orb
(indicating the first character of the variant).Changes
Replaces the old UUID output with a valid RFC compliant UUIDv4.
References
Misc.
To make sure this wasn't an issue with the
uuidv4()
function within Hashicorp's packer I tested the function in the following way:Command executed:
Contents of the uuid.pkr.hcl file:
Output: