(#4884) Add an shell provider for execs

This makes it possible to use shell builtins when the exec is inline
bash commands.

Paired-with: Max Martin

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb
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+++ 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