Hello, more info about regression from version 1.0.92 to 1.0.93
tried Debian versions: 6-10: works OK. Not affected affected Ubuntu versions: 10.04 - Lucid Lynx 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat 11.04 - Natty Narwhal 11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot Not affected Ubuntu versions: 12.04 .. 17.10. Problem more on problem dig: after rerun with "-x" sh -x /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=minbase --no-check-gpg lucid out/ubuntu-10.04 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu got last lines of log: tail -n 20 out/ubuntu-10.04/debootstrap/debootstrap.log + packagename=dash + info EXTRACTING Extracting %s... dash + local name=EXTRACTING + local fmt=Extracting %s... + shift + shift + [ ] + printf I: Extracting %s...\n dash + extract_deb_data .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + extract_dpkg_deb_data .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + local pkg=.//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + tar -k -xf - tar: ./bin/sh: Cannot create symlink to 'dash': File exists tar: ./usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz: Cannot create symlink to 'dash.1.gz': File exists tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors + exit_function + local n=0 + [ 0 -lt 0 ] + N_EXIT_THINGS=0 Same thing with 1.0.92 + packagename=dash + info EXTRACTING Extracting %s... dash + local name=EXTRACTING + local fmt=Extracting %s... + shift + shift + [ ] + printf I: Extracting %s...\n dash + extract_deb_data .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + extract_dpkg_deb_data .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + local pkg=.//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb + + dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile .//var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2_amd64.debtar -xf - + p=10 + progress 10 93 EXTRACTPKGS Extracting packages + local now=10 + local end=93 + local name=EXTRACTPKGS + local fmt=Extracting packages + shift + shift + shift + shift + [ ] + + echo /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.5.28ubuntu4_all.deb sed s,^.*/,,;s,_.*$,, + packagename=debconf Seem that this is affected by: EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS="$EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -k" If there is need some more info or other support/help, please ask, I willing to help.