Focal old $ sudo apt install --reinstall qemu-user-static=1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 21.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 qemu-user-static amd64 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18 [21.3 MB] Fetched 21.3 MB in 1s (16.4 MB/s) (Reading database ... 126154 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../qemu-user-static_1%3a4.2-3ubuntu6.18_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-user-static (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18) over (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18) ... Setting up qemu-user-static (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ sudo chroot /home/ubuntu/bullseye-arm64 /bin/sh /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage W: Failure trying to run: /sbin/ldconfig W: See //debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ tail -n 2 bullseye-arm64/debootstrap/debootstrap.log qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped Segmentation fault (core dumped) Upgrade ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ apt-cache policy qemu-user-static qemu-user-static: Installed: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18 Candidate: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.19 Version table: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.19 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/universe amd64 Packages *** 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 Packages 1:4.2-3ubuntu6 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ sudo apt install qemu-user-static Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: qemu-user-static 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded. Need to get 21.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/universe amd64 qemu-user-static amd64 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.19 [21.3 MB] Fetched 21.3 MB in 2s (9092 kB/s) (Reading database ... 126160 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../qemu-user-static_1%3a4.2-3ubuntu6.19_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-user-static (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.19) over (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.18) ... Setting up qemu-user-static (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.19) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ sudo update-binfmts --test --display qemu-aarch64 qemu-aarch64 (enabled): package = qemu-user-static type = magic offset = 0 magic = \x7f\x45\x4c\x46\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xb7\x00 mask = \xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff interpreter = /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static detector = Test with new versio ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ sudo chroot /home/ubuntu/bullseye-arm64 /bin/sh /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage I: Installing core packages... W: Failure trying to run: dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.51_arm64.deb W: See //debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details ubuntu@f-1928075-qemuuserstatic:~$ tail -n 2 bullseye-arm64/debootstrap/debootstrap.log dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5 package 'dpkg': duplicate value for 'Package' field That is the good case and also a full run now completes. $ sudo rm -rf bullseye-arm64; sudo qemu-debootstrap --arch=arm64 bullseye bullseye-arm64 http://ftp.debian.org/debian I: Running command: debootstrap --arch arm64 --foreign bullseye bullseye-arm64 http://ftp.debian.org/debian W: Cannot check Release signature; keyring file not available /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg I: Retrieving InRelease I: Retrieving Packages ... I: Configuring tasksel... I: Configuring libc-bin... I: Base system installed successfully. I can't run the docker test due to networking restrictions, but it was the same fault and the same fix - so that should be ok. If anyone else can test -proposed with docker please feel free to do so.