[Bug 708080] [NEW] facter does not recognize KVM VMs as 'virtual'

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Binary package hint: facter

On current Ubuntu releases (the latest LTS most notably), puppet's
facter library does not recognize KVM virtual machines as virtual:

$ facter  | grep virtual
is_virtual => false
virtual => physical

$ grep -i qemu /proc/cpuinfo
model name	: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.12.3

This has already been fixed upstream in version 1.5.8. However, this
version has not been packaged for any Ubuntu release yet (not even Natty).

The upstream commit with the fix is here:
https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter/commit/62b6773a63bb96273fbcb6f79bec524fb67df075

Please also see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.server/4917.

Thanks!


TEST CASE:
Run "facter  | grep virtual" in a KVM virtual machine.

Buggy output: see above.

Expected output:
$ facter  | grep virtual
is_virtual => true
virtual => kvm

** Affects: facter (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: facter (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: facter (Ubuntu Maverick)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: lucid patch
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facter does not recognize KVM VMs as 'virtual'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708080
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