1 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/face_collection.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/face_collection.rb
index 868997b67..b1f6ba398 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/face_collection.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/face_collection.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ module Puppet::Interface::FaceCollection
     #
     # We use require to avoid executing the code multiple times, like any
     # other Ruby library that we might want to use.  --daniel 2011-04-06
-    begin
-      require "puppet/face/#{name}"
-
+    if safely_require name then
       # If we wanted :current, we need to index to find that; direct version
       # requests just work™ as they go. --daniel 2011-04-06
       if version == :current then
@@ -90,18 +88,32 @@ module Puppet::Interface::FaceCollection
         latest_ver = @faces[name].keys.sort.last
         @faces[name][:current] = @faces[name][latest_ver]
       end
-    rescue LoadError => e
-      raise unless e.message =~ %r{-- puppet/face/#{name}$}
-      # ...guess we didn't find the file; return a much better problem.
-    rescue SyntaxError => e
-      raise unless e.message =~ %r{puppet/face/#{name}\.rb:\d+: }
-      Puppet.err "Failed to load face #{name}:\n#{e}"
-      # ...but we just carry on after complaining.
+    end
+
+    unless version == :current or get_face(name, version)
+      # Try an obsolete version of the face, if needed, to see if that helps?
+      safely_require name, version
     end
 
     return get_face(name, version)
   end
 
+  def self.safely_require(name, version = nil)
+    path = File.join 'puppet' ,'face', version.to_s, name.to_s
+    require path
+    true
+
+  rescue LoadError => e
+    raise unless e.message =~ %r{-- #{path}$}
+    # ...guess we didn't find the file; return a much better problem.
+    nil
+  rescue SyntaxError => e
+    raise unless e.message =~ %r{#{path}\.rb:\d+: }
+    Puppet.err "Failed to load face #{name}:\n#{e}"
+    # ...but we just carry on after complaining.
+    nil
+  end
+
   def self.register(face)
     @faces[underscorize(face.name)][face.version] = face
   end