--- a/modules/apache/manifests/version.pp	Sat Mar 14 20:01:17 2015 +0000
+++ b/modules/apache/manifests/version.pp	Sat Mar 14 20:07:04 2015 +0000
@@ -7,26 +7,28 @@
   $osr_array = split($::operatingsystemrelease,'[\/\.]')
   $distrelease = $osr_array[0]
   if ! $distrelease {
-    fail("Class['apache::params']: Unparsable \$::operatingsystemrelease: ${::operatingsystemrelease}")
+    fail("Class['apache::version']: Unparsable \$::operatingsystemrelease: ${::operatingsystemrelease}")
   }
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
-      if ($::operatingsystem == 'Fedora' and $distrelease >= 18) or ($::operatingsystem != 'Fedora' and $distrelease >= 7) {
-        $default = 2.4
+      if ($::operatingsystem == 'Fedora' and versioncmp($distrelease, '18') >= 0) or ($::operatingsystem != 'Fedora' and versioncmp($distrelease, '7') >= 0) {
+        $default = '2.4'
       } else {
-        $default = 2.2
+        $default = '2.2'
       }
     }
     'Debian': {
-      if $::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' and $::operatingsystemrelease >= 13.10 {
-        $default = 2.4
+      if $::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' and versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '13.10') >= 0 {
+        $default = '2.4'
+      } elsif $::operatingsystem == 'Debian' and versioncmp($distrelease, '8') >= 0 {
+        $default = '2.4'
       } else {
-        $default = 2.2
+        $default = '2.2'
       }
     }
     'FreeBSD': {
-      $default = 2.2
+      $default = '2.4'
     }
     default: {
       fail("Class['apache::version']: Unsupported osfamily: ${::osfamily}")