Bug#973260: apt --mark-auto build-dep hello sets packages as manually installed

mike <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.apt.devel
Message-ID <174531263196.16799.4221537283166035442.reportbug__18216.6143831395$1745312787$gmane$org@lemon>
Package: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Followup-For: Bug #973260
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

This is still present today.
"apt install --mark-auto XXX" will flip XXX to manual if already installed

This complicates the managment of packages. Instead of just relying on autoremove, we have to make sure what we try to install isn't already installed.
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