The issue seems very much related to sudo, as running it as root but via sudo creates a similar problem:
# sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 --variant=buildd --include=sudo,locales,less sid sid-build-ia32 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages I: Resolving dependencies of required packages... I: Resolving dependencies of base packages... [...snip...] I: Installing core packages... W: Failure trying to run: chroot /home/chroot/sid-build-ia32 dpkg --force-depends --install var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-10_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]