# File lib/chef/provider/package/portage.rb, line 29
        def load_current_resource
          @current_resource = Chef::Resource::Package.new(@new_resource.name)
          @current_resource.package_name(@new_resource.package_name)

          @current_resource.version(nil)

          category, pkg = %r{^#{PACKAGE_NAME_PATTERN}$}.match(@new_resource.package_name)[1,2]

          possibilities = Dir["/var/db/pkg/#{category || "*"}/#{pkg}-*"].map {|d| d.sub(%r{/var/db/pkg/}, "") }
          versions = possibilities.map do |entry|
            if(entry =~ %r{[^/]+/#{Regexp.escape(pkg)}\-(\d[\.\d]*((_(alpha|beta|pre|rc|p)\d*)*)?(-r\d+)?)})
              [$&, $1]
            end
          end.compact

          if versions.size > 1
            atoms = versions.map {|v| v.first }.sort
            categories = atoms.map {|v| v.split('/')[0] }.uniq
            if !category && categories.size > 1
              raise Chef::Exceptions::Package, "Multiple packages found for #{@new_resource.package_name}: #{atoms.join(" ")}. Specify a category."
            end
          elsif versions.size == 1
            @current_resource.version(versions.first.last)
            Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} current version #{$1}")
          end

          @current_resource
        end