Same thing when downgrading a package by "apt-get install" e.g. after you remove a PPA. I think apt could try to retain auto/manual states in these cases. But could there be a case where dependencies change when you upgrade/downgrade? Would it be safer to search the packages that depend on the automatically installed packages and tell apt to downgrade it and the dependencies? I doubt current apt can downgrade dependencies automatically.
-- 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/1482959 Title: Upgrading/downgrading a package with "apt-get install" should not make the package marked as manually installed, if it was not before Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 15.10 dev with apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6 and if a specific package gets upgraded with "apt-get install" it gets also set to manual installed if it is an automatic installed package but this could be unexpected for the user. Maybe similar if the user tries to install an already up-to-date automatic installed package apt could tell the user then that the package got set to manual installed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1482959/+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
