saltstack/salt — pull request #14290 by mgwilliams (2014-07-16 21:11:09+00:00)
Title: avoid using test.ping on a non-existent minion

test.ping in this case generally prints a confusing error message: "No minions matched the target."

I believe this commit will accomplish the same goal without actually calling test.ping.

attn: @kiorky