From 961dbe0548e26394b7716d41423c61b1e2e58ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xdegaye <xdegaye@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 12:59:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bpo-32199:  The getnode() ip getter now uses 'ip link'
 instead of 'ip link list' (GH-4696)

---
 Lib/uuid.py                                                     | 2 +-
 .../next/Library/2017-12-04-12-23-26.bpo-32199.nGof4v.rst       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-04-12-23-26.bpo-32199.nGof4v.rst

diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index be06a6eff3f..b7433cb7192 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ 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
     return None
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5f88cef5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ 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'.