More fixes to the testing.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb b/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
index acb3b9b83..558ad7929 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ module Puppet
             inifile.store
         end
 
+        # This is only used during testing.
         def self.clear
             @inifile = nil
             @yumconf = "/etc/yum.conf"
             @defaultrepodir = nil
-            super
         end
 
         # Return the Puppet::Util::IniConfig::Section for this yumrepo resource
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb b/lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb
index cddfc4689..95f48e10e 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class Puppet::Util::FileType
         # Overwrite the file.
         def write(text)
             backup()
+            raise("Cannot create file %s in absent directory" % @path) unless FileTest.exist?(File.dirname(@path))
             File.open(@path, "w") { |f| f.print text; f.flush }
         end
     end