BTW, I've opened up a (different) bug #301138 related to priorities set "Standard" for development packages that shouldn't probably be of "Standard" priority. My assessment of the issue is flawed, there are actually quite a number of packages that are priority Standard currently and are only expected on development stations.
I believe the priorities issue is a separate matter, though, and aptitude could work around this issue by, for example, refusing to install packages from the "devel" or "libdevel" section even if they are priority 'Standard' unless the user has asked for them in the initial installation. That would prevent the following packages from being installed in a stock Debian installation: gdb, gcc-3.3, libc6-devel, linux-kernel-headers, gcc, bin86, rcs, g++-3.3, bison, make, binutils, and libstdc++5-3.3-dev. Dpkg-devel would still be installed, though, since its in the 'utils' section but maybe the "don't install -dev packages even if Suggested:" rule could work out to prevent compilers from being installed in the stock installation. Regards Javier
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