Thanks for your bugreport.

If you have a test environment, could you please test the following
patch against python-apt?

=== modified file 'apt/cache.py'
--- apt/cache.py        2009-01-12 17:28:18 +0000
+++ apt/cache.py        2009-01-23 08:55:54 +0000
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
             apt_pkg.Config.Set("Dir", rootdir)
             apt_pkg.Config.Set("Dir::State::status",
                                rootdir + "/var/lib/dpkg/status")
+            apt_pkg.InitConfig()
         self.open(progress)
 
     def _runCallbacks(self, name):


I'm pretty sure thats the issue

** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: gdebi => python-apt
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

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gdebi --root doesn't use the apt config from the chroot but the one from the 
"host"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243550
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