Comment 6 for bug 1172920

I've tested the debootstrap in both, Ubuntu Precise and Ubuntu Quantal and it works now, wouldn't be easier make debootstrap to take a release file from Internet to avoid updating the package in all stable releases for this minimal change?

Ubuntu Precise is still affected by bug #1068390, that's just a comment

$ apt-cache policy debootstrap
debootstrap:
  Installed: 1.0.39ubuntu0.3
  Candidate: 1.0.39ubuntu0.3
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.39ubuntu0.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.39 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

$ debootstrap saucy i386
I: Retrieving Release
I: Retrieving Release.gpg
I: Checking Release signature
I: Valid Release signature (key id 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5)
I: Validating Packages
I: Resolving dependencies of required packages...

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$ apt-cache policy debootstrap
debootstrap:
  Installed: 1.0.42ubuntu0.2
  Candidate: 1.0.42ubuntu0.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.42ubuntu0.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.42 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages

$ debootstrap saucy i386
I: Retrieving InRelease
I: Failed to retrieve InRelease
I: Retrieving Release
I: Retrieving Release.gpg
I: Checking Release signature
I: Valid Release signature (key id 790BC7277767219C42C86F933B4FE6ACC0B21F32)
I: Retrieving Packages

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