Merge pull request #2942 from chef/lcg/dpkg-regression

fix dpkg regression

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb b/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
index 1500aa9a7e..11691a2479 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ class Chef
             if @source_exists
               # Get information from the package if supplied
               Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} checking dpkg status")
+
               shell_out("dpkg-deb -W #{@new_resource.source}").stdout.each_line do |line|
                 if pkginfo = DPKG_INFO.match(line)
                   @current_resource.package_name(pkginfo[1])
                   @new_resource.version(pkginfo[2])
+                  @candidate_version = pkginfo[2]
                 end
               end
             else
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
index c838306c35..3fd86218d2 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe Chef::Provider::Package::Dpkg do
         @provider.load_current_resource
         expect(@provider.current_resource.package_name).to eq("wget")
         expect(@new_resource.version).to eq(version)
+        expect(@provider.candidate_version).to eq(version)
       end
 
       it 'if short version provided' do