# File lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb, line 76
76:   def latest
77:     output = aptcache :policy,  @resource[:name]
78: 
79:     if output =~ /Candidate:\s+(\S+)\s/
80:       return $1
81:     else
82:       self.err "Could not find latest version"
83:       return nil
84:     end
85:   end