1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/parsedfile.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/parsedfile.rb
index 76654c4f4..b4a4a3b91 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/parsedfile.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/parsedfile.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile < Puppet::Provider
             matchers = resources.dup
             @records.each do |record|
                 # Skip things like comments and blank lines
-                next if record_type(record[:record_type]).text?
+                next if skip_record?(record)
 
                 if name = record[:name] and resource = resources[name]
                     resource.provider = new(record)
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ class Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile < Puppet::Provider
         end
     end
 
+    # Should we skip the record?  Basically, we skip text records.
+    # This is only here so subclasses can override it.
+    def self.skip_record?(record)
+        record_type(record[:record_type]).text?
+    end
+
     # Initialize the object if necessary.
     def self.target_object(target)
         @target_objects[target] ||= filetype.new(target)