[tex-live] tlmgr: Is it possible to see the version number of a ctan package?

[Norbert Preining]

On So, 29 Nov 2009, Wybo Dekker wrote:
>> I wonder if it is possible to check the version number of a package in
>> tl2009 archive with tlmgr? Thanks.
>
> I missed that, too.
> I added this in tlmgr (revision 16207), after line 904:
>
>       if ($tlp->cataloguedata) {
>         print "version:    ", $tlp->cataloguedata->{'version'}, "\n";
>         print "date:       ", $tlp->cataloguedata->{'date'}, "\n";
>         print "license:    ", $tlp->cataloguedata->{'license'}, "\n";
>       }

On Mo, 30 Nov 2009, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> print "version:    ", $tlp->cataloguedata->{'version'}||'', "\n";


Thanks, I added those lines for all three, but with 
	c-version
	c-date
	c-license
Thanks for reporting and suggesting

Norbert

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