use Carp qw( croak ); sub require_exact_ver(*$) { my ($pkg, $desired_ver) = @_; { my $ver = $pkg->VERSION; return 1 if defined($ver) && $ver == $desired_ver; } my $file = $pkg; $file =~ s{::}{/}g; $file .= '.pm'; foreach $inc (@INC) { delete $INC{$file}; local @INC = $inc; eval { require $file } or next; my $ver = $pkg->VERSION; return 1 if defined($ver) && $ver == $desired_ver; } delete $INC{$file}; croak("Unable to load $pkg version $desired_ver"); }