Puppet users - Mar 2013 - facter fact within a custom provider

I have a custom package provider.  However within the ruby code, I need 
access a custom facter fact (which has the path to the executable which 
handles the package installation). 

I tried doing lookupvar(''bin_path'' ) but it complained
"undefined method
`lookupvar''"

So how do I reference a facter fact from within a custom provider?

Thanks in advance.  

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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:29:22 -0700 (PDT)
Jist Anidiot <jistanidiot@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a custom package provider.  However within the ruby code, I
> need access a custom facter fact (which has the path to the
> executable which handles the package installation). 
> 
> I tried doing lookupvar(''bin_path'' ) but it complained
"undefined
> method `lookupvar''"
> 
> So how do I reference a facter fact from within a custom provider?
> 
> Thanks in advance.  
> 
to get the value of a fact (no matter if it is a custom fact or a
buildin fact) use `my_path = Facter.value(:bin_path)`

-Stefan


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