5 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hash.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hash.rb
index 8cc4823..89d0e07 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hash.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hash.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Would return: {'a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3}
       # This is to make it compatible with older version of Ruby ...
       array  = array.flatten
       result = Hash[*array]
-    rescue Exception
+    rescue StandardError
       raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'hash(): Unable to compute ' +
         'hash from array given')
     end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
index b4af40e..f7c2896 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
 
     begin
       PSON::load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
-    rescue Exception => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       if arguments[1]
         arguments[1]
       else
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
index 66d0413..ba9d98a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
 
     begin
       YAML::load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
-    rescue Exception => e
+      # in ruby 1.9.3 Psych::SyntaxError is a RuntimeException
+      # this still needs to catch that and work also on rubies that
+      # do not have Psych available.
+    rescue StandardError, Psych::SyntaxError => e
       if arguments[1]
         arguments[1]
       else
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb
index 5df3c60..685162b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
     rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
       msg += "\n#{detail}"
       raise Puppet::ParseError, msg
-    rescue Exception => detail
+    rescue StandardError => detail
       msg += "\n#{detail.class.name} #{detail}"
       raise Puppet::ParseError, msg
     ensure
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
index 77d3be2..f2c6937 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
@@ -111,8 +111,13 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:file_line) do
   end
 
   validate do
-    unless self[:line] and self[:path]
-      raise(Puppet::Error, "Both line and path are required attributes")
+    unless self[:line]
+      unless (self[:ensure].to_s == 'absent') and (self[:match_for_absence].to_s == 'true') and self[:match]
+        raise(Puppet::Error, "line is a required attribute")
+      end
+    end
+    unless self[:path]
+      raise(Puppet::Error, "path is a required attribute")
     end
   end
 end