>>>>> "SJ" == Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> writes:

SJ> There might be some arguments for "aptitude install <package>" to clear
SJ> the automatic flag (IIRC apt and apt-get do that), but some people
SJ> probably rely on the current aptitude behavior not to do that.

Well like

       $ man aptitude
       forbid-version
           ...

           To revert the action, “aptitude install <package>” will
           remove the ban...


Also if the user really wants to keep the auto flag, then there seems to
also be these he can use:

       install...
           <package>+
               Install <package>.

               If the package was not installed, it is marked as manually 
installed, and the dependencies newly
               installed are marked with the automatic flag. If the package or 
the dependencies were already
               installed, the automatic flag is preserved. See the section 
about automatic installations in the
               documentation for more information.

           <package>+M
               Install <package> and immediately mark it as automatically 
installed (note that if nothing depends
               on <package>, this will cause it to be immediately removed).

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