3 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/collector.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/collector.rb
index 2699dc6e1..bcba9528e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/collector.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/collector.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Collector
     # Call the collection method, mark all of the returned objects as non-virtual,
     # and then delete this object from the list of collections to evaluate.
     def evaluate
+        # Shortcut if we're not using storeconfigs and they're trying to collect
+        # exported resources.
+        if form == :exported and Puppet[:storeconfigs] != true
+            Puppet.warning "Not collecting exported resources without storeconfigs"
+            return false
+        end
         if self.resources
             if objects = collect_resources and ! objects.empty?
                 return objects
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/grammar.ra b/lib/puppet/parser/grammar.ra
index 484efe83c..a2f6729ee 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/grammar.ra
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/grammar.ra
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ virtualresource:  at resource {
     type = val[0]
 
     if (type == :exported and ! Puppet[:storeconfigs]) and ! Puppet[:parseonly]
-        error "You cannot collect without storeconfigs being set"
+        Puppet.warning addcontext("You cannot collect without storeconfigs being set")
     end
 
     if val[1].is_a? AST::ResourceDefaults
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ collection:     classref collectrhand {
         args[:form] = val[1]
     end
     if args[:form] == :exported and ! Puppet[:storeconfigs] and ! Puppet[:parseonly]
-        error "You cannot collect exported resources without storeconfigs being set"
+        Puppet.warning addcontext("You cannot collect exported resources without storeconfigs being set; the collection will be ignored")
     end
     result = ast AST::Collection, args
 }
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/parser.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/parser.rb
index e27a209fc..3d7f21dca 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/parser.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Puppet
 
     class Parser < Racc::Parser
 
-module_eval <<'..end grammar.ra modeval..idfef5d70c9f', 'grammar.ra', 638
+module_eval <<'..end grammar.ra modeval..id9145566289', 'grammar.ra', 638
 
 # It got too annoying having code in a file that needs to be compiled.
 require 'puppet/parser/parser_support'
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require 'puppet/parser/parser_support'
 
 # $Id$
 
-..end grammar.ra modeval..idfef5d70c9f
+..end grammar.ra modeval..id9145566289
 
 ##### racc 1.4.5 generates ###
 
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ module_eval <<'.,.,', 'grammar.ra', 174
     type = val[0]
 
     if (type == :exported and ! Puppet[:storeconfigs]) and ! Puppet[:parseonly]
-        error "You cannot collect without storeconfigs being set"
+        Puppet.warning addcontext("You cannot collect without storeconfigs being set")
     end
 
     if val[1].is_a? AST::ResourceDefaults
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ module_eval <<'.,.,', 'grammar.ra', 199
         args[:form] = val[1]
     end
     if args[:form] == :exported and ! Puppet[:storeconfigs] and ! Puppet[:parseonly]
-        error "You cannot collect exported resources without storeconfigs being set"
+        Puppet.warning addcontext("You cannot collect exported resources without storeconfigs being set; the collection will be ignored")
     end
     result = ast AST::Collection, args
    result