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Add information on updating dependencies
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Description
This would be useful to have as a subsection under "crates.io Dependencies". Updating a dependency is more frequent an occurrence than adding a new one, but one can still run into issues, e.g.:
error: cannot satisfy dependencies so `some_crate` only shows up once
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the existing "crates.io Dependencies" subsection in the rustc-dev-guide. Add guidance for updating dependencies, including the shown dependency-resolution error, and consider the work complete when the subsection explains the update workflow and how to address that issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100