2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/content.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/content.rb
index 0d0bb5571..f5b65d3fd 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/content.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/content.rb
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ module Puppet
         yield source_or_content
       elsif source_or_content.nil?
         yield read_file_from_filebucket
+      elsif Puppet.settings[:name] == "apply"
+        yield source_or_content.content
       elsif source_or_content.local?
         chunk_file_from_disk(source_or_content) { |chunk| yield chunk }
       else
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/source.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/source.rb
index 0e7aac72d..7d03de2b0 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/source.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/source.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ module Puppet
       metadata && metadata.checksum
     end
 
+    # Look up (if necessary) and return remote content.
+    cached_attr(:content) do
+      raise Puppet::DevError, "No source for content was stored with the metadata" unless metadata.source
+
+      unless tmp = Puppet::FileServing::Content.find(metadata.source)
+        fail "Could not find any content at %s" % metadata.source
+      end
+      tmp.content
+    end
+
     # Copy the values from the source to the resource.  Yay.
     def copy_source_values
       devfail "Somehow got asked to copy source values without any metadata" unless metadata