New on CTAN: pkgmeta - ctan-ann

30 Sep 2026


      Amer Amikhteh submitted the
pkgmeta
package.
Version:  1.0 2026-09-29
License:  lppl1.3c
Summary description:  Retrieve metadata from LaTeX packages and files without loading them
Announcement text:
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Initial release of pkgmeta, a small LaTeX package for retrieving
 package and file metadata without loading the target file.
 It supports \ProvidesPackage, \ProvidesFile, \ProvidesExplPackage,
 and \ProvidesExplFile, with a text-based LuaTeX backend and
 a readprov backend for XeTeX and pdfTeX.
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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgmeta
The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pkgmeta/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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