--- /dev/null
+# 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
+ if defined? Gem and Gem::Version.new(Facter.value(:puppetversion).split(' ')[0]) >= Gem::Version.new('3.6')
+ Puppet::Type.type(:package).newpackage(:name => 'dummy', :allow_virtual => 'true')[:provider].to_s
+ else
+ Puppet::Type.type(:package).newpackage(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
+ end
+ end
+end