fix dpkg regressionlcg/dpkg-regression

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb b/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
index 3a9cecc660..b13e8d8eb6 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/package/dpkg.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Chef
                   if pkginfo = DPKG_INFO.match(line)
                     @current_resource.package_name(pkginfo[1])
                     @new_resource.version(pkginfo[2])
+                    @candidate_version = pkginfo[2]
                   end
                 end
               end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
index 154809f88c..1d24daef95 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/dpkg_spec.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ 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