--TEST-- See Github issue #8902 ( https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/8902 ). Avoid installing packages twice if they are required in different versions and one is matched by a dev package. --COMPOSER-- { "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": [ { "name": "beyondcode/laravel-dump-server", "version": "1.4.0", "require": { "symfony/var-dumper": "^5.0" } }, { "name": "laravel/framework", "version": "6.8.14", "require": { "symfony/var-dumper": "^4.3.4" } }, { "name": "symfony/var-dumper", "version": "4.4.0" }, { "name": "symfony/var-dumper", "version": "dev-master", "extra": { "branch-alias": {"dev-master": "5.2-dev"} } } ] } ], "require": { "beyondcode/laravel-dump-server": "^1.3", "laravel/framework": "^6.8" }, "minimum-stability": "dev" } --RUN-- update --EXPECT-OUTPUT-- Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages. Problem 1 - Root composer.json requires beyondcode/laravel-dump-server ^1.3 -> satisfiable by beyondcode/laravel-dump-server[1.4.0]. - Root composer.json requires laravel/framework ^6.8 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[6.8.14]. - beyondcode/laravel-dump-server 1.4.0 requires symfony/var-dumper ^5.0 -> satisfiable by symfony/var-dumper[5.2.x-dev (alias of dev-master)]. - laravel/framework 6.8.14 requires symfony/var-dumper ^4.3.4 -> satisfiable by symfony/var-dumper[4.4.0]. - You can only install one version of a package, so only one of these can be installed: symfony/var-dumper[dev-master, 4.4.0]. - symfony/var-dumper 5.2.x-dev is an alias of symfony/var-dumper dev-master and thus requires it to be installed too. --EXPECT-- --EXPECT-EXIT-CODE-- 2