Merge branch 'next'

* next: (34 commits)
  (#6820) Fix File class lookup in the file type for Ruby 1.9
  (#6820) Fix nagios parser to use proper hash syntax for Ruby 1.9
  (#6820) Fix Invalid multibyte character
  (#6820) Fix RDOC parser to work with Ruby 1.9
  (#6820) Fix invalid next that should be a return
  (#2782) Fix constant_defined?
  (#6527) Fix pip tests
  (#6527) Fix uninstall problem and refactor
  (#6527) Added pip package provider.
  maint: Change code for finding spec_helper to work with Ruby 1.9
  Fix error "invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)" under Ruby 1.9
  Fixed #6562 - Minor kick documentation fix
  (#6566) Replace tabs with spaces
  (#6566) Fix ruby 1.9 incompatible case statement
  Fixed #6566 Replace ftools with filetuils in rake gem task
  (#6555) Fix another ruby 1.9 incompatible case statement
  Fixed #6555 - Fixed two more when then colon issues
  Fixed #6555 - Ruby 1.9.x returning Invalid next (SyntaxError)
  Fixed #6555 - Ruby 1.9.x warning: class variable access from toplevel
  (#6658) Propagate ENC connection errors to the agent
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diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb
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+Puppet::Type.type(:exec).provide :shell, :parent => :posix do
+  include Puppet::Util::Execution
+
+  confine :feature => :posix
+
+  desc "Execute external binaries directly, on POSIX systems.
+passing through a shell so that shell built ins are available."
+
+  def run(command, check = false)
+    command = %Q{/bin/sh -c "#{command.gsub(/"/,'\"')}"}
+    super(command, check)
+  end
+
+  def validatecmd(command)
+    true
+  end
+end