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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# 00_local_versionsync.t - Private test to check all version numbers match
+# $Id$
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use File::Find;
+use Test::More qw(no_plan);
+
+eval "use File::Slurp";
+plan skip_all => "File::Slurp required for testing version sync"
+    if $@;
+
+my $last_version = undef;
+find({wanted => \&check_version, no_chdir => 1}, 'blib');
+if (! defined $last_version) {
+    fail('Failed to find any files with $VERSION');
+}
+
+sub check_version {
+    # $_ is the full path to the file
+    return if (! m{blib/script/}xms && ! m{\.pm \z}xms);
+
+    my $content = read_file($_);
+
+    # only look at perl scripts, not sh scripts
+    return if (m{blib/script/}xms && $content !~ m/\A \#![^\r\n]+?perl/xms);
+
+    my @version_lines = $content =~ m/ ( [^\n]* \$VERSION\s= [^\n]* ) /gxms;
+    if (@version_lines == 0) {
+       fail($_);
+    }
+    for my $line (@version_lines) {
+        if (!defined $last_version) {
+            $last_version = shift @version_lines;
+            pass($_);
+        }
+        else {
+            is($line, $last_version, $_);
+        }
+    }
+}
+