You cannot pass a variable to facter, because that's not how its model is
designed. Facter is a tool that runs to gather relatively static system
information, called facts. A fact with a given name has a given value. In
other words, you need one unique fact for every value you're gathering.
(though
Hi,
before I reinvent the wheel:
Does anyone know a custom fact that returns the version of an installed
package (if it is installed)?
I assume it would be something like
Facter.add(:package_version) do
setcode do
osfamily = Facter.value(:osfamily)
case osfamily
when /ubuntu|debia
