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Add information on updating dependencies

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A-dependencies C-enhancement E-help-wanted E-medium T-bootstrap T-compiler T-infra T-libs T-rustdoc T-rustdoc-frontend
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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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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

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