Merge branch '2.6.x' into next

* 2.6.x: (46 commits)
  Augmentation of tests for prior commit
  Fix to fix for #5755 -- backref serialization issues in zaml
  Fixed #5564 - Added some more fqdn_rand documentation
  Fixed #4968 - Updated list of options turned on by --test in documentation
  (#5061) - allow special hostclass/define variables to be evaluated as defaults.
  (#6107) Fix an error when auditing a file with empty content
  Remove already initialized constant warning from file_spec.rb tests
  (#5566) Treat source only File checksums as syntax errors when used with content
  Rename variable used in File type validation to be more clear
  Remove invalid "timestamp" and "time", and add missing "ctime" File checksum types.
  Remove order dependency when specifying source and checksum on File type
  Bug #5755 -- ZAML generates extra newline in some hash backreferences.
  bug #5681 -- code fix to handle AIX mount output
  Bug #5681 -- parse AIX mount command output.
  Spec for #5681 to allow parsing of AIX mount output in mount provider
  Fixed #6091 - Changed POSIX path matching to allow multiple leading slashes
  Bug #6091 -- test leading double-slash in filenames are allowed.
  Fixed #6071 - Fixed typo and improved exec path error message
  Fixed #6061 - Allowed -1 as password min/max age
  Bug #6061 -- verify that negative {min,max}_password_age are accepted.
  ...

Manually Resolved Conflicts:
	lib/puppet/util/zaml.rb
	spec/unit/util/zaml_spec.rb

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
index e6a8dc20f..c8ff145ba 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ The file follows INI-style formatting.  Here is an example of a very simple
 Note that boolean parameters must be explicitly specified as `true` or
 `false` as seen above.
 
-If you need to change file parameters (e.g., reset the mode or owner), do
+If you need to change file or directory parameters (e.g., reset the mode or owner), do
 so within curly braces on the same line:
 
     [main]
-      myfile = /tmp/whatever {owner = root, mode = 644}
+      vardir = /new/vardir {owner = root, mode = 644}
 
 If you're starting out with a fresh configuration, you may wish to let
 the executable generate a template configuration file for you by invoking
diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/function.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/function.rb
index 1333e0d26..7d39bebd5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/function.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/function.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ performing stand-alone work like importing.  Rvalues return values and can
 only be used in a statement requiring a value, such as an assignment or a case
 statement.
 
+Functions execute on the Puppet master.  They do not execute on the Puppet agent.  
+Hence they only have access to the commands and data available on the Puppet master 
+host.
+
 Here are the functions available in Puppet:
 
 "