I can confirm that for Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04, and looking at the soruce of the script also makes it obvious: apt-mark can only mark a packet as (not) being automatically installed if it is already mentioned in /var/lib/apt/extended_states
-- apt-mark sometimes cannot mark package as being automatically installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328574 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs