Facter.add(:iptables_persistent_version) do confine :operatingsystem => %w{Debian Ubuntu} setcode do # Throw away STDERR because dpkg >= 1.16.7 will make some noise if the # package isn't currently installed. cmd = "dpkg-query -Wf '${Version}' iptables-persistent 2>/dev/null" version = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec(cmd) if version.nil? or !version.match(/\d+\.\d+/) nil else version end end end