changed --dir flag to --directory and it starts fine

file_406449.txt (text/plain), 320 bytes, created by Eric Martin on 2012-03-01 16:35:37 UTC

--- puppetmaster	2012-03-01 11:31:14.810738458 -0500
+++ /etc/init.d/puppetmaster	2012-03-01 11:30:27.323626550 -0500
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 }
 
 start_pre() {
-	checkpath --dir --owner puppet:puppet "${PUPPETMASTER_PID_DIR}"
+	checkpath --directory --owner puppet:puppet "${PUPPETMASTER_PID_DIR}"
 }
 
 reload() {