[#3835] Fixed recursively absent directories improperly managing their files

Children of recursively absent (and only recursively absent) directories now
inherit the recursively absent behavior when they are created. This stops the
files from trying to be created, generating lots of  failure messages. This
doesn't affect directories which are absent and not recursive (whose children
aren't even attempted to be created, or directories which aren't absent.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file.rb
index 0aaad3e97..5bb4be1e4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file.rb
@@ -433,8 +433,16 @@ module Puppet
             # The right-side hash wins in the merge.
             options = @original_parameters.merge(:path => full_path).reject { |param, value| value.nil? }
 
+            # If we are recursive and ensure => absent, then our children should be too,
+            # so that they will go away like they should.
+            # Otherwise they shouldn't get those options
+            unless options[:ensure].to_s == "absent" and options[:recurse] == true
+                options.delete(:ensure)
+                options.delete(:recurse)
+            end
+
             # These should never be passed to our children.
-            [:parent, :ensure, :recurse, :recurselimit, :target, :alias, :source].each do |param|
+            [:parent, :recurselimit, :target, :alias, :source].each do |param|
                 options.delete(param) if options.include?(param)
             end