as of Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:33 -0500, these are the packages
installed by default on Debian "lenny" with the "minimal" profile:

adduser
apt
aptitude
base-files
base-passwd
bash
binutils
bsdutils
coreutils
cpio
debconf
debconf-i18n
debian-archive-keyring
debianutils
diff
dmidecode
dpkg
dselect
e2fslibs
e2fsprogs
findutils
gcc-4.2-base
gnupg
gpgv
grep
groff-base
gzip
hostname
ifupdown
initscripts
iptables
iputils-ping
klogd
laptop-detect
less
libacl1
libattr1
libblkid1
libbz2-1.0
libc6
libcomerr2
libconsole
libcwidget1
libdb4.4
libdb4.6
libdevmapper1.02.1
libgcc1
libgcrypt11
libgdbm3
libgnutls13
libgpg-error0
libldap2
liblocale-gettext-perl
liblzo2-2
libncurses5
libncursesw5
libnewt0.52
libopencdk10
libpam-modules
libpam-runtime
libpam0g
libpopt0
libreadline5
libsasl2-2
libselinux1
libsepol1
libsigc++-2.0-0c2a
libslang2
libss2
libssl0.9.8
libstdc++6
libtasn1-3
libtext-charwidth-perl
libtext-iconv-perl
libtext-wrapi18n-perl
libusb-0.1-4
libuuid1
libwrap0
login
lsb-base
makedev
mawk
mktemp
module-init-tools
mount
nano
ncurses-base
ncurses-bin
net-tools
netbase
netcat
passwd
perl-base
procps
readline-common
sed
sysklogd
sysv-rc
sysvinit
sysvinit-utils
tar
tzdata
udhcpc
update-inetd
util-linux
vim-common
vim-tiny
wget
whiptail
zlib1g
