closes #3303

app.js

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function start() {
 			require('./src/meta').configs.init(next);
 		},
 		function(next) {
-			return next(new Error('dependencies-out-of-date'));
+			require('./src/meta').dependencies.check(next);
 		},
 		function(next) {
 			require('./src/upgrade').check(next);

src/meta.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	require('./meta/settings')(Meta);
 	require('./meta/logs')(Meta);
 	require('./meta/tags')(Meta);
+	require('./meta/dependencies')(Meta);
 	Meta.templates = require('./meta/templates');
 
 	/* Assorted */

src/meta/dependencies.js

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var path = require('path'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
+	async = require('async'),
+	semver = require('semver'),
+	winston = require('winston'),
+
+	pkg = require.main.require('./package.json');
+
+module.exports = function(Meta) {
+	Meta.dependencies = {};
+
+	Meta.dependencies.check = function(callback) {
+		var modules = Object.keys(pkg.dependencies);
+		winston.verbose('Checking dependencies for outdated modules');
+
+		async.every(modules, function(module, next) {
+			fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/', module, 'package.json'), {
+				encoding: 'utf-8'
+			}, function(err, pkgData) {
+				try {
+					var pkgData = JSON.parse(pkgData),
+						ok = semver.satisfies(pkgData.version, pkg.dependencies[module]);
+
+					if (ok) {
+						next(true);
+					} else {
+						process.stdout.write('[' + 'outdated'.yellow + '] ' + module.bold + ' v' + pkgData.version + ', requires ' + pkg.dependencies[module] + '\n')
+						next(false);
+					}
+				} catch(e) {
+					winston.error('[meta.dependencies] Could not read: ' + module);
+					process.exit();
+				}
+			})
+		}, function(ok) {
+			callback(!ok ? new Error('dependencies-out-of-date') : null);
+		});
+	};
+};