Add package_provider fact

This adds a package_provider fact for situations where we need to be
able to know the client's package provider in a simple way.  Situations
such as: package { 'name': install_options => [] }  As those tend to be
package provider specific options.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/facter/package_provider.rb b/lib/facter/package_provider.rb
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+# Fact: package_provider
+#
+# Purpose: Returns the default provider Puppet will choose to manage packages
+#   on this system
+#
+# Resolution: Instantiates a dummy package resource and return the provider
+#
+# Caveats:
+#
+require 'puppet/type'
+require 'puppet/type/package'
+
+Facter.add(:package_provider) do
+  setcode do
+    Puppet::Type.type(:package).newpackage(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
+  end
+end