2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
index 302e61901..db338e39e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ class Puppet::Interface::Action
     attrs.each do |k, v| send("#{k}=", v) end
   end
 
+  # This is not nice, but it is the easiest way to make us behave like the
+  # Ruby Method object rather than UnboundMethod.  Duplication is vaguely
+  # annoying, but at least we are a shallow clone. --daniel 2011-04-12
+  def __dup_and_rebind_to(to)
+    bound_version = self.dup
+    bound_version.instance_variable_set(:@face, to)
+    return bound_version
+  end
+
   attr_reader :name
   def to_s() "#{@face}##{@name}" end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
index bb0e5bf57..d75697afa 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ module Puppet::Interface::ActionManager
     result = @actions[name.to_sym]
     if result.nil?
       if self.is_a?(Class) and superclass.respond_to?(:get_action)
-        result = superclass.get_action(name)
+        found = superclass.get_action(name)
       elsif self.class.respond_to?(:get_action)
-        result = self.class.get_action(name)
+        found = self.class.get_action(name)
+      end
+
+      if found then
+        # This is not the nicest way to make action equivalent to the Ruby
+        # Method object, rather than UnboundMethod, but it will do for now,
+        # and we only have to make this change in *one* place. --daniel 2011-04-12
+        result = @actions[name.to_sym] = found.__dup_and_rebind_to(self)
       end
     end
     return result