Install before starting the server if the lockfile is out of date.

sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart

Index: sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart b/sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart
index 1f09a3a1caaa9c6fe49bf6281be863d3a72bf962..a45b34c3a5a26a2e83d058c329d0f86d81f611a2 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/pub/lib/src/entrypoint.dart
@@ -154,6 +154,35 @@ class Entrypoint {
     return new LockFile.load(lockFilePath, cache.sources);
   }
 
+  /// Determines whether or not the lockfile is out of date with respect to the
+  /// pubspec.
+  ///
+  /// This will be `true` if there is no lockfile at all, or if the pubspec
+  /// contains dependencies that are not in the lockfile or that don't match
+  /// what's in there.

[nweiz, 2013/07/30 19:34:36]

Doesn't this return `false` in those cases?

[Bob Nystrom, 2013/07/30 21:35:32]

Fixed. Originally wrote the method to be isLockFileOutOfDate() and forgot to
update the docs.

+  bool isLockFileUpToDate() {
+    var lockFile = loadLockFile();
+
+    checkDependency(package) {
+      var locked = lockFile.packages[package.name];
+      if (locked == null) return false;
+
+      if (package.source != locked.source) return false;
+      if (!package.constraint.allows(locked.version)) return false;
+
+      var source = cache.sources[package.source];
+      if (!source.descriptionsEqual(package.description,
+                                    locked.description)) return false;

[nweiz, 2013/07/30 19:34:36]

Style nit: I think if the if clause goes over one line, the return should be on
its own line in a block.

[Bob Nystrom, 2013/07/30 21:35:32]

Done.

+
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (!root.dependencies.every(checkDependency)) return false;
+    if (!root.devDependencies.every(checkDependency)) return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /// Saves a list of concrete package versions to the `pubspec.lock` file.
   void _saveLockFile(List<PackageId> packageIds) {
     var lockFile = new LockFile.empty();