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

[Leo]

On 2009-11-29 21:31 +0000, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> Leo 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";
>       }

Any idea why this feature is not added? It seems it is quite useful.

BTW, some packages do not have version number (graphics) so

       print "version:    ", $tlp->cataloguedata->{'version'}, "\n"
            if ($tlp->cataloguedata->{'version'});

is safer.

Leo