log.log

$ ruby package-test.rb 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant FileUtils (NameError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package/portage.rb:85:in `query'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package.rb:22:in `properties'
        from package-test.rb:12:in `do_pkg_action'
        from package-test.rb:18

package-test.rb

def do_pkg_action(package)
        require 'puppet'

        if ::Puppet.version =~ /0.24/
            ::Puppet::Type.type(:package).clear
            pkg = ::Puppet::Type.type(:package).create(:name => package).provider
        else
            pkg = ::Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => package).provider
        end

        pkg.flush
        print "status:", pkg.properties

#        pkg.flush
#        reply[:properties] = pkg.properties
end

do_pkg_action('glibc')

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