It seems on upgrades/downgrades (by apt install) auto state of a package is kept even without --mark-auto, if there is a reverse dependency of the package installed. But with same command, if the version happens to be the same in the repository, the package is marked as manually installed. So if I want to retain auto/manual states when installing by a script I have to keep track of old states anyway or compare versions before installing. So I think it would be good to have such an option for apt install, that would not change package marked as auto to manual in any case.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2100937 Title: apt install --mark-auto does not retain auto mark Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: e.g. 1) sudo apt install ppa-purge 2) sudo apt-mark auto ppa-purge 3) sudo apt install --mark-auto ppa-purge Expected result: ppa-purge is marked as auto What happend: ppa-purge is marked as manual If line (2) is omitted, I think the result should be manual, even if it is unintuitive. At least I need a way to retain the auto/manual status when I install a package (without --reinstall) a version of which is already installed no matter which auto/manual status the previously installed package has. i.e. I want an option to retain the auto/manual status of the old package when I use "apt install pkg/target_release", because I want auto-removing work as expected thereafter. It is debatable what should the status be, if there was no package installed before. BTW ppa-purge relies on "apt install" marking packages with the right auto status, but it doesn't seem to work now. We need clear documentation about when auto status is changed. See also https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/786177/111181 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: apt 2.7.14build2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-54.56-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-54-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Mar 5 13:03:48 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-05 (1917 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-01-12 (52 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2100937/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
