In a 21.04 amd64 desktop virtual machine it fails but with a different error apparently related to bullseye systemd package, not sure if I can untangle this mix of problems:
$ sudo apt install qemu-user-static debootstrap $ sudo qemu-debootstrap --arch=arm64 bullseye bullseye-arm64/ http://ftp.debian.org/debian W: qemu-debootstrap is deprecated. Please use regular debootstrap directly I: Running command: debootstrap --arch=arm64 bullseye bullseye-arm64/ http://ftp.debian.org/debian ... I: Configuring libc-bin... I: Unpacking the base system... W: Failure trying to run: chroot "/home/ubuntu/chroot/bullseye-arm64" dpkg --force-overwrite --force-confold --skip-same-version --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libapparmor1_2.13.6-10_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libargon2-1_0~20171227-0.2_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libcryptsetup12_2%3a2.3.5-1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libip4tc2_1.8.7-1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libjson-c5_0.15-2_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libkmod2_28-1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libcap2_1%3a2.44-1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/dmsetup_2%3a1.02.175-2.1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libdevmapper1.02.1_2%3a1.02.175-2.1_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/systemd_247.3-5_arm64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/systemd-timesyncd_247.3-5_arm64.deb W: See /home/ubuntu/chroot/bullseye-arm64/debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details (possibly the package systemd is at fault) --- log --- ... Setting up systemd (247.3-5) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service -> /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target -> /lib/systemd/system/remote-fs.target. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-pstore.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service. Initializing machine ID from random generator. Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of /var/log/journal. Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of /var/log/journal. Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of /var/log/journal. dpkg: error processing package systemd (--install): installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 73 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-11) ... Errors were encountered while processing: systemd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928075 Title: Segfault with qemu-aarch64-static doing debootstrap for debian bullseye but not buster To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1928075/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs