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

[Leo]

On 2009-11-29 22:52 +0000, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
> Leo a écrit :
>> But if you open hyperref.sty you will see '6.79k' is installed. Any idea
>> whether this is a bug? Thanks.
>> 
> Depends on your definition of bug... I would say this is a known
> limitation: our update process cannot guarantee that the catalogue
> information included in the TeX Live database is always in sync with the
> actual files in the package.
>
> We are well aware of it, but AFAICS there is no easy way to get it right
> 100% of the time. OTOH, the information should be exact most of the
> time. (Hyperref is changing quite fast, so it's not very surprising that
>   the info for the particular package is out of sync.)
>
> Manuel.
>
> PS: perhaps that was one good reason for not showing this information...

Thank you for the clarification. It is still good to show the version,
in my view.

Leo