Merge branch '0.24.x'

Conflicts:

	install.rb
	lib/puppet/defaults.rb
	man/man8/puppet.8

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/metatype/providers.rb b/lib/puppet/metatype/providers.rb
index c302d9928..6308f7e54 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/metatype/providers.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/metatype/providers.rb
@@ -188,15 +188,8 @@ class Puppet::Type
                     provider_class = provider_class.class.name
                 end
 
-                if provider = @resource.class.provider(provider_class)
-                    unless provider.suitable?
-                        raise ArgumentError,
-                            "Provider '%s' is not functional on this platform" %
-                            [provider_class]
-                    end
-                else
-                    raise ArgumentError, "Invalid %s provider '%s'" %
-                        [@resource.class.name, provider_class]
+                unless provider = @resource.class.provider(provider_class)
+                    raise ArgumentError, "Invalid %s provider '%s'" % [@resource.class.name, provider_class]
                 end
             end