Detecting updates to installed modules?

[Jason W May]

Has anyone created a tool to determine what modules are
installed locally, and check CPAN for updates to any of
those modules?  I don't want to reinvent the wheel here,
but I can't find anything that does this.  CPAN.pm does
a fine job of download-and-install, but there's no
inventory function or query-for-update.

Thanks,
-Jason

Re: Detecting updates to installed modules?

[Randal L. Schwartz]

 Jason == Jason W May [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Jason Has anyone created a tool to determine what modules are
Jason installed locally, and check CPAN for updates to any of
Jason those modules?  I don't want to reinvent the wheel here,
Jason but I can't find anything that does this.  CPAN.pm does
Jason a fine job of download-and-install, but there's no
Jason inventory function or query-for-update.

Besides the r command, you mean?  What else did you want?

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Re: Detecting updates to installed modules?

[Mark Stosberg]

On 24 Mar 2002, Jason W May wrote:
 Has anyone created a tool to determine what modules are
 installed locally, and check CPAN for updates to any of
 those modules?  I don't want to reinvent the wheel here,
 but I can't find anything that does this.  CPAN.pm does
 a fine job of download-and-install, but there's no
 inventory function or query-for-update.

I thought that's what the r (for reinstall) function in the CPAN shell
does. It appears to emit a list of your currently installed packages
compared with their latest versions.

  -mark

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