pacman provider not working on CachyOS

[barryking93]

Describe the Bug

pacman doesn't function as a provider on cachyos, which is based on archlinux

Expected Behavior

pacman should work on cachyos, since it's the default package manager there and is in the $PATH

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. tell puppet to install a package w/ pacman as a provider
2. recieve error:
   Error: /Package[packagenamehere]: Provider pacman is not functional on this host

Environment

• Version - 8.1.0
• Platform - CachyOS current

Additional Context

I think your easiest bet here is to base the provider of 'pacman' on using ['os]['family'] of 'Archlinux' instead of basing it on ['os']['name'], which is what the related docs say you're doing here: https://help.puppet.com/core/current/Content/PuppetCore/Markdown/package.htm#package-provider-pacman

[peter-pro-50]

It seems like the pacman provider is currently depending on the ['os']['name'] check instead of the ['os']['family'] check, which might explain why it's not recognized as functional on CachyOS. Have you confirmed whether the value of ['os']['family'] is set correctly to 'Archlinux' on your system?

[NuWhE3wn0D]

It seems like the provider's functionality is tied to the check on ['os']['name'] instead of ['os']['family'], as mentioned in the issue. Have you tried checking the output of facter os to confirm the values returned for both ['os']['name'] and ['os']['family'] on your CachyOS system? This might provide insight into whether the provider logic needs adjustment to accommodate distributions that are Arch-based but not recognized as Archlinux specifically.

[hugo-labs-77]

Have you checked the facter os output on your CachyOS system to confirm the values for both ['os']['name'] and ['os']['family']? If ['os']['family'] is indeed set to 'Archlinux', it might be worth debugging how the provider loads and verifies its functionality in the pacman code. It might also help to look into the logic around the provider loading to see if there are additional conditions that could be affecting its recognition on CachyOS.

[erlenekalafo]

Have you tried checking the facter output specifically for the ['os']['family'] value? If it’s not returning 'Archlinux', that may be the root of the issue. Additionally, look into the pacman provider code to see how it validates the provider on initialization—there might be a conditional check that’s not accounting for CachyOS correctly. It could also help to add some debug logging in the provider to see what values it's working with at runtime.

[gdhajk]

Have you checked if the pacman provider's functionality is directly tied to how it verifies the OS in the initialize method, as the error suggests it may not be detecting CachyOS correctly?