From 39c16d169677afd9f5ae77d4741a55a878957af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Meusel <tim@bastelfreak.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 16:21:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] (#9440) exec resource: set path param to path fact

---
 lib/puppet/type/exec.rb | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb b/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb
index fb47b133848..1cd8779362a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ def sync
     newparam(:path) do
       desc "The search path used for command execution.
         Commands must be fully qualified if no path is specified.  Paths
-        can be specified as an array or as a '#{File::PATH_SEPARATOR}' separated list."
+        can be specified as an array or as a '#{File::PATH_SEPARATOR}' separated list. Defaults to the `path` fact."
+
+      defaultto Puppet.runtime[:facter].value('path')
 
       # Support both arrays and colon-separated fields.
       def value=(*values)