# File lib/chef/provider/package/portage.rb, line 82 def candidate_version return @candidate_version if @candidate_version status = popen4("emerge --color n --nospinner --search #{@new_resource.package_name.split('/').last}") do |pid, stdin, stdout, stderr| available, installed = parse_emerge(@new_resource.package_name, stdout.read) @candidate_version = available end unless status.exitstatus == 0 raise Chef::Exceptions::Package, "emerge --search failed - #{status.inspect}!" end @candidate_version end