Because it does not always update packages to the latest versions if those are caret/tilde dependencies:
docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/update...
It means that npm update tries to update while keep satisfying app's package dependencies.
npm update
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Because it does not always update packages to the latest versions if those are caret/tilde dependencies:
docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/update...
It means that
npm updatetries to update while keep satisfying app's package dependencies.