require 'facter' #This is derived from the file /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp # This is generated upon a successful apt-get update run natively in ubuntu. # the Puppetlabs-apt module deploys this same functionality for other debian-ish OSes Facter.add('apt_update_last_success') do confine :osfamily => 'Debian' setcode do if File.exists?('/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp') #get epoch time lastsuccess = File.mtime('/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp').to_i lastsuccess else lastsuccess = -1 lastsuccess end end end