apt_package_updates = nil Facter.add("apt_has_updates") do confine :osfamily => 'Debian' if File.executable?("/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check") apt_package_updates = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check 2>/dev/null').split(';') end setcode do apt_package_updates != ['0', '0'] unless apt_package_updates.nil? end end Facter.add("apt_package_updates") do confine :apt_has_updates => true setcode do packages = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check -p 2>/dev/null').split("\n") if Facter.version < '2.0.0' packages.join(',') else packages end end end Facter.add("apt_updates") do confine :apt_has_updates => true setcode do Integer(apt_package_updates[0]) end end Facter.add("apt_security_updates") do confine :apt_has_updates => true setcode do Integer(apt_package_updates[1]) end end