It looks to be a dupe of this debian bug. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=601670
On the stock Ubuntu CD, base-files appears in /dists/precise/binary-i386/Packages before base-passwd. One time I built my custom CD and the order was backwards, causing the error. The next time, base-files was earlier than base-passwd and all went well. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #601670 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=601670 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001131 Title: debootstrap fails to install customized Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/1001131/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
