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.
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