On Archlinux it is not recommended to update only one package with the package manager pacman. Let’s say I have 11 packages, and one of them is extra/firefox (true story). Updating only a pacman -S firefox could introduce problems, but installing a new single package if it wasn’t there is okay.
So my question is, could we get around this by removing and installing the same package again in one go: pacman -Rs firefox && pacman -S firefox
If a package manager can block an upgrade due to version dependencies, it can also pull in those dependencies for a partial upgrade.
If a function is removed from libssl and it’s used in firefox, firefox build would fail, so it’s still not possible to have a functional setup.