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  1. Facter
  2. FACT-3087

'os.name' value changed for OS VirtuozzoLinux

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • FACT 4.2.4
    • FACT 4.2.6
    • Facter 4
    • Night's Watch
    • 1
    • NW - 2021-11-17
    • Needs Assessment
    • Bug Fix
    • Restore Facter3's value of 'os.name' for VirtuozzoLinux
    • Needs Assessment

    Description

      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)
       
      # facter os.name
      VirtuozzoLinux
      

      Starting with Facter 4.x `os.name` returns Virtuozzo instead.

      # facter --version
      4.2.5
       
      # facter os.name
      Virtuozzo
      

      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/"
      

      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
      

      Haven't tried yet changing the config option.

      Is there any other method to overwrite core facts?

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            gabriel.nagy Gabriel Nagy
            kengelhardt Kilian Engelhardt
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