Fixed #838. Applied patch provided by DavidS to add more robust

update functionality to the dpkg provider.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
index 44e6a985c..512170a73 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/dpkg.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,18 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :dpkg, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Package
         dpkg "-i", file
     end
 
+    def update
+        self.install
+    end
+
     # Return the version from the package.
     def latest
         output = dpkg_deb "--show", @resource[:source]
+        matches = /^(\S+)\t(\S+)$/.match(output).captures
+        unless matches[0].match(@resource[:name])
+            Puppet.warning "source doesn't contain named package, but %s" % matches[0]
+        end
+        matches[1]
     end
 
     def query