Removing the validation on package sources, since

some platforms (e.g., hpux) do not have a well-formed
requirement for the source.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
index ee2871ce2..f004f7c42 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
@@ -211,14 +211,6 @@ module Puppet
             desc "Where to find the actual package.  This must be a local file
                 (or on a network file system) or a URL that your specific
                 packaging type understands; Puppet will not retrieve files for you."
-
-            validate do |value|
-                unless value =~ /^#{File::SEPARATOR}/ or value =~ /\w+:\/\//
-                    self.fail(
-                        "Package sources must be fully qualified files or URLs, depending on the platform."
-                    )
-                end
-            end
         end
         newparam(:instance) do
             desc "A read-only parameter set by the package."
diff --git a/spec/unit/ral/types/package.rb b/spec/unit/ral/types/package.rb
index 785d2eb37..5d96dc4ae 100755
--- a/spec/unit/ral/types/package.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/ral/types/package.rb
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ describe Puppet::Type::Package, "when validating attribute values" do
         proc { Puppet::Type::Package.create(:name => "yay", :ensure => "1.0") }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
     end
 
-    it "should only accept files and URLs as values to :source" do
-        proc { Puppet::Type::Package.create(:name => "yay", :source => "stuff") }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
+    it "should accept any string as an argument to :source" do
+        proc { Puppet::Type::Package.create(:name => "yay", :source => "stuff") }.should_not raise_error(Puppet::Error)
     end
 
     after { Puppet::Type::Package.clear }