SPUG: getting versions of modules?

[Borow, Scott W]

You can check what version is installed by requiring
a non existent high version of the module from the 
command line and examining the error message.

For example for CGI.pm (since I don't have URI installed)

borow at bandit ~ 512 > perl -M'CGI  9999'
CGI version 9999 required--this is only version 2.36.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
borow at bandit ~ 513 >


--Scott

> ----------
> From: 	John Eckman[SMTP:eckman at u.washington.edu]
> Sent: 	Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:58 AM
> Cc: 	SPUG List
> Subject: 	SPUG: getting versions of modules?
> 
> How do I tell what version of URI a system is running?
> 
> I'm working with a script called checkbot.pl 
> <http://www.xs4all.nl/~graaff/checkbot/>
> 
> 
> It makes the following call:
> 
> my $redir_url = URI->new_abs($response->header('Location'), $baseURI);
> 
> which generates an error on execution- apparentley the version of URI we 
> have is old.
> 
> But how do I find out what version we do have?
> 
> John
> 
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