[Bug 1482959] Re: Upgrading/downgrading a package with "apt-get install" should not make the package marked as manually installed, if it was not before

[Jarno Suni]

** Description changed:

- I'm using Ubuntu 15.10 dev with apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6 and if a specific
+ I'm using Ubuntu 15.10 dev with apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6. 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.
+ installed even if it is an automatic installed package. That could be
+ unexpected for the user. Maybe similarly if the user tries to reinstall
+ an already up-to-date automatically installed package, apt must not make
+ the package marked as manually installed; see a fixed bug #139448.

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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. If a specific
  package gets upgraded with "apt-get install" it gets also set to
  manual installed even if it is an automatic installed package. That
  could be unexpected for the user. Maybe similarly if the user tries to
  reinstall an already up-to-date automatically installed package, apt
  must not make the package marked as manually installed; see a fixed
  bug #139448.

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