--TEST-- Removing a package has no effect if another package would require an update in order to find a correct set of dependencies without the removed package --COMPOSER-- { "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": [ { "name": "root/a", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "remove/b": "*", "dep/c": "*"} }, { "name": "remove/b", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dep/c": "*"} }, { "name": "dep/c", "version": "1.0.0" }, { "name": "dep/c", "version": "1.2.0", "replace": { "remove/b": "1.0.0"} } ] } ], "require": { "root/a": "*" } } --LOCK-- { "packages": [ { "name": "root/a", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "remove/b": "*", "dep/c": "*"} }, { "name": "remove/b", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dep/c": "*"} }, { "name": "dep/c", "version": "1.0.0" } ], "packages-dev": [], "aliases": [], "minimum-stability": "stable", "stability-flags": [], "prefer-stable": false, "prefer-lowest": false } --RUN-- update remove/b --EXPECT-- Installing dep/c (1.0.0) Installing remove/b (1.0.0) Installing root/a (1.0.0)