Cannot publish when depending on a higher version of a dependency through path than registry

[epage]

Problem

clap_complete has a path dependency on clap

• clap has a registry dependency on divan
  • divan has a registry dependency on clap

My lockfile had clap@4.4.17 (registry) in it but clap_complete depended on clap = "4.5.6".

So when cargo package verifies the .crate file, it is locked to the version of clap from my Cargo.lock which can't satisfy the version requirement.

    Updating crates.io index
error: failed to prepare local package for uploading

Caused by:
  failed to select a version for `clap`.
      ... required by package `clap_complete v4.5.3 (/home/epage/src/personal/clap/clap_complete)`
  versions that meet the requirements `^4.0.0` (locked to 4.4.17) are: 4.4.17

  all possible versions conflict with previously selected packages.

    previously selected package `clap v4.5.6`
      ... which satisfies dependency `clap = "^4.5.6"` of package `clap_complete v4.5.3 (/home/epage/src/personal/clap
/clap_complete)`

  failed to select a version for `clap` which could resolve this conflict

Steps

Checkout clap-rs/clap@3572ab8

Run cargo package -p clap_complete --dry-run and see it fail

Run cargo update clap@4.4.17

Run cargo package -p clap_complete --dry-run and see it pass

Possible Solution(s)

Unsure if there is a good solution to prevent the error but just improving the error message would be a big help.

However, I can see improving the error message being difficult because it might require context about cargo package that the resolver doesn't have.

Notes

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Version

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