As a workaround, I pass a different setup-script to debootstrap now. cuts from by setup-dchroot script:
script=/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/gutsy # work around for Debian#920255 debootstrapscript=$(tempfile) cleanup+=("rm $debootstrapscript") sed -e 's/apt-transport-https//' < "$script" > "$debootstrapscript" script="$debootstrapscript" debootstrap \ --keyring "$keyring" \ --include="$extrapkgs" \ --variant=buildd \ --arch="$arch" \ "$suite" "$rootdir" "$mirror" "$script" Thanks to cjwatson for the idea. -- | .''`. ** Debian ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal https://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System | `- https://www.debian.org/