{
                // We successfully installed something; skip remaining alternatives
                skipAlternatives = hasAlternatives;
+              if(_config->FindB("APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic", false) == true)
+                 Cache->MarkAuto(Pkg, true);
                continue;
             }
             else if (hasAlternatives)
       {0,"only-source","APT::Get::Only-Source",0},
       {0,"arch-only","APT::Get::Arch-Only",0},
       {0,"auto-remove","APT::Get::AutomaticRemove",0},
+      {0,"build-dep-automatic","APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic",0},
       {0,"allow-unauthenticated","APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated",0},
       {0,"install-recommends","APT::Install-Recommends",CommandLine::Boolean},
       {0,"fix-policy","APT::Get::Fix-Policy-Broken",0},
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h:buildlib/config.h.in include/apti18n.h:buildlib/apti18n.h.in)
 
 dnl -- SET THIS TO THE RELEASE VERSION --
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.7.18")
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.7.20~exp3")
 PACKAGE="apt"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE,"$PACKAGE")
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
 
-apt (0.7.20~exp2) unstable; urgency=low
+apt (0.7.20~exp3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  [ Michael Vogt ]
+  * make "apt-get build-dep" installed packages marked automatic
+    by default. This can be changed by setting the value of
+    APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic to false (thanks to Aaron 
+    Haviland, closes: #44874, LP: #248268)
 
   [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
   * doc/examples/sources.list:
     - Added instruction how to work around MMap error in MMap error message.
       (Closes: #385674, 436028)
 
- -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com>  Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:06:21 +0200
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>  Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:30:14 +0100
 
 apt (0.7.19) unstable; urgency=low