On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:29:47PM +0100, Richard Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure what you're asking for. You want to install some packages > > and also mark them as not having been automatically installed? > > No, I want aptitude not to mark the package being installed at all. > Packages that were marked as automatically installed prior to a > security upgrade should still be marked as automatically installed > afterwards. A manually installed package should still be marked > manually installed. > > At the moment, I am forced to either set _all_ packages as > automatically or manually installed when doing security upgrades.
Ouch. "aptitude install blah" is clearing the manual flag? That's a bug. Which packages are you seeing this on and in what circumstance? (bearing in mind #446609, that "aptitude show" reverses the automatic flag) Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]