| Facter 4.x changed the way the `os` facts are retrieved. Up to Facter 4.x (e.g. 3.14.20) `os.name` would return VirtuozzoLinux.
# facter --version |
3.14.20 (commit 28fd6cc7adae74c7748502e4d18d34f75be92f93) |
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# facter os.name |
VirtuozzoLinux
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Starting with Facter 4.x `os.name` returns Virtuozzo instead.
# facter --version |
4.2.5 |
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# facter os.name |
Virtuozzo
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Content of `/etc/os-release` looks like this:
# cat /etc/os-release |
NAME="Virtuozzo" |
VERSION="7.5.1" |
ID="virtuozzo" |
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" |
VERSION_ID="7" |
PRETTY_NAME="Virtuozzo release 7.5.1" |
ANSI_COLOR="0;31" |
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:virtuozzoproject:vz:7" |
HOME_URL="http://www.virtuozzo.com" |
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.openvz.org/"
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Changing `NAME=` to VirtuozzoLinux makes Facter return the "correct" value which is used by community modules (e.g. 'voxpupuli/puppet-yum'). In order to avoid changing Puppet manifests, Hiera lookups, and various metadata files please restore the previous behavior / return value. — Side note: I tried overwriting `os.name` using a custom fact, but since Facter 4.1.0 (FACT-3004) it seems not working anymore - at least with this code (copied from a comment in FACT-2958):
Facter.add('os.name', type: :structured) do |
has_weight(10) |
setcode { 'custom_fact' } |
end
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Haven't tried yet changing the config option. Is there any other method to overwrite core facts? |
