5 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
index 9a25263f6..71d9440ff 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Lexer
   def file=(file)
     @file = file
     @line = 1
-    @scanner = StringScanner.new(File.read(file))
+    contents = File.exists?(file) ? File.read(file) : ""
+    @scanner = StringScanner.new(contents)
   end
 
   def shift_token
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Lexer
     value,terminator = slurpstring('"$')
     token_queue << [TOKENS[token_type[terminator]],preamble+value]
     if terminator != '$' or @scanner.scan(/\{/)
-      token_queue.shift 
+      token_queue.shift
     elsif var_name = @scanner.scan(%r{(\w*::)*\w+|[0-9]})
       token_queue << [TOKENS[:VARIABLE],var_name]
       tokenize_interpolated_string(DQ_continuation_token_types)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/parser_support.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/parser_support.rb
index 7a0aa2601..9e580efb2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/parser_support.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/parser_support.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Parser
       unless file =~ /\.pp$/
         file = file + ".pp"
       end
-      raise Puppet::Error, "Could not find file #{file}" unless FileTest.exist?(file)
     end
     raise Puppet::AlreadyImportedError, "Import loop detected" if known_resource_types.watching_file?(file)
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource/type_collection.rb b/lib/puppet/resource/type_collection.rb
index 277d37b18..347e1c0e0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource/type_collection.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource/type_collection.rb
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class Puppet::Resource::TypeCollection
       parser.string = code
     else
       file = Puppet.settings.value(:manifest, environment.to_s)
-      return unless File.exist?(file)
       parser.file = file
     end
     parser.parse
diff --git a/lib/puppet/simple_graph.rb b/lib/puppet/simple_graph.rb
index c5dac0f6c..c658b3b92 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/simple_graph.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/simple_graph.rb
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class Puppet::SimpleGraph
       children = other.adjacent(container, :direction => :out)
 
       # MQR TODO: Luke suggests that it should be possible to refactor the system so that
-      #           container nodes are retained, thus obviating the need for the whit. 
+      #           container nodes are retained, thus obviating the need for the whit.
       children = [whit_class.new(:name => container.name, :catalog => other)] if children.empty?
 
       # First create new edges for each of the :in edges
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/loadedfile.rb b/lib/puppet/util/loadedfile.rb
index 735dba459..d2f5d0923 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/util/loadedfile.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/loadedfile.rb
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ module Puppet
     # Create the file.  Must be passed the file path.
     def initialize(file)
       @file = file
-      unless FileTest.exists?(@file)
-        raise Puppet::NoSuchFile,
-          "Can not use a non-existent file for parsing"
-      end
       @statted = 0
       @stamp = nil
       @tstamp = stamp
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ module Puppet
         @statted = Time.now.to_i
         begin
           @stamp = File.stat(@file).ctime
-        rescue Errno::ENOENT
+        rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ENOTDIR
           @stamp = Time.now
         end
       end