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+module Puppet::Util::Execution
+    module_function 
+
+    # Run some code with a specific environment.  Resets the environment back to
+    # what it was at the end of the code.
+    def withenv(hash)
+        oldvals = {}
+        hash.each do |name, val|
+            name = name.to_s
+            oldvals[name] = ENV[name]
+        end
+
+        yield
+    ensure
+        oldvals.each do |name, val|
+            ENV[name] = val
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+# $Id$