about.md

Demonstration that conflicts don't make composer convenient.

First run:

$ composer install

Then

$ composer require typo3/cms-about

Using version ^9.5 for typo3/cms-about
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.5 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.5 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.5] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.4 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.4 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.4] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.3 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.3 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.3] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.2 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.2 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.2] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.1 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.1 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.1] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - typo3/cms-about v9.5.0 requires typo3/cms-core 9.5.0 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-core[v9.5.0] but these conflict with your requirements or minimum-stability.
    - Installation request for typo3/cms-about ^9.5 -> satisfiable by typo3/cms-about[v9.5.0, v9.5.1, v9.5.2, v9.5.3, v9.5.4, v9.5.5].


Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.

composer.json

{
    "name": "bnf/typo3-test-with-metapackage",
    "type": "project",
    "require": {
        "typo3/cms-core": "^8.7",
        "bnf/idiotic-typo3-lts-meta-package": "^8.7"
    },
    "extra": {
        "typo3/cms": {
            "web-dir": "web"
        }
    }
}