Package: apt Version: 2.2.4 Severity: normal Dear maintainer, I think stumbled upon the same issue, with a simpler example, which is easier to debug. * What led up to the situation? A package, which was already automatically installed, shall be installed again as automatically installed. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? $ apt-get install --mark-auto hello (The package name does not matter.) * What was the outcome of this action? [...] hello is already the newest version (2.10-2). hello set to manually installed. [...] * What outcome did you expect instead? [...] hello is already the newest version (2.10-2). [...] Note: "apt install --mark-auto hello" does work as expected, if the package was not installed before. I want to call apt from Ansible playbooks. Ansible playbooks shall be idempotent. The easiest way to create an idempotent playbook is to only use idempotent commands. This is why I would like apt to be idempotent. Best regards, Lars Dröge
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