Comment 0 for bug 996839

when bootstrapping a Precise amd64 container the following error is displayed in the log.
"""
dpkg: regarding .../inetutils-ping_2%3a1.8-6_amd64.deb containing inetutils-ping:
 inetutils-ping conflicts with ping
  iputils-ping provides ping and is present and unpacked but not configured.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/inetutils-ping_2%3a1.8-6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing inetutils-ping
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/inetutils-ping_2%3a1.8-6_amd64.deb
/usr/sbin/debootstrap: 49: printf: %3a: invalid directive
"""

After retrying a couple of times bootstrapping continues and finishes successfully. bootstrap log attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: lxc 0.8.0~rc1-4ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-1.3-generic 3.4.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 8 16:19:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lxc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)