5 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider.rb b/lib/puppet/provider.rb
index b836887e9..5a38f7f20 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider.rb
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Puppet::Provider
         elsif self.resource
             resource.name
         else
-            raise Puppet::DevError, "No resource and no name in property hash"
+            raise Puppet::DevError, "No resource and no name in property hash in %s instance" % self.class.name
         end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
index a739f38e2..d2f7048b9 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :dpkg, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Package
             # now turn each returned line into a package object
             process.each { |line|
                 if match = regex.match(line)
-                    hash.clear
+                    hash = {}
 
                     fields.zip(match.captures) { |field,value|
                         hash[field] = value
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/openbsd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/openbsd.rb
index 34739dc08..11662abe8 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/openbsd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/openbsd.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :openbsd, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Packa
 
                 # now turn each returned line into a package object
                 process.each { |line|
-                    hash.clear
                     if match = regex.match(line)
                         fields.zip(match.captures) { |field,value|
                             hash[field] = value
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :openbsd, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Packa
                         hash[:provider] = self.name
 
                         packages << new(hash)
+                        hash = {}
                     else
                         # Print a warning on lines we can't match, but move
                         # on, since it should be non-fatal
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb
index f7f3237e6..a31e4edf6 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :rpm, :source => :rpm, :parent => Puppet::Pr
                 # our regex for matching dpkg output
                 regex = %r{^(\S+)\s+(\S+)}
                 fields = [:name, :ensure]
-                hash = {}
 
                 # now turn each returned line into a package object
                 process.each { |line|
                     if match = regex.match(line)
-                        hash.clear
-
+                        hash = {}
                         fields.zip(match.captures) { |field,value|
                             hash[field] = value
                         }
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/sun.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/sun.rb
index 8fe25bb1a..92a5d0ef0 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/sun.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/sun.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :sun, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Package d
                     hash[:provider] = :sun
 
                     packages << new(hash)
-                    hash.clear
+                    hash = {}
                 when /\s*(\w+):\s+(.+)/:
                     name = $1
                     value = $2