Bug#1065033: debootstrap: Fails for *sid* with `cannot move /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam.so.0 as its destination exists as a symlink`

[Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>]

Package: debootstrap
Version: 1.0.134
Severity: normal

Dear Debian folks,


I am unable to bootstrap Debian sid/unstable. It worked some weeks ago.

    $ sudo debootstrap --arch amd64  sid 
/scratch/local2/pmenzel/debootstrap-test http://ftp.gwdg.de/debian/
    W: Cannot check Release signature; keyring file not available 
/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
    I: Retrieving InRelease
    I: Retrieving Packages
    I: Validating Packages
    I: Resolving dependencies of required packages...
    I: Resolving dependencies of base packages...
    I: Checking component main on http://ftp.gwdg.de/debian...
    […]
    I: Retrieving libp11-kit0 0.25.3-4
    I: Validating libp11-kit0 0.25.3-4
    I: Retrieving libpam-modules 1.5.3-4
    I: Validating libpam-modules 1.5.3-4
    I: Retrieving libpam-modules-bin 1.5.3-4
    I: Validating libpam-modules-bin 1.5.3-4
    I: Retrieving libpam-runtime 1.5.3-4
    I: Validating libpam-runtime 1.5.3-4
    I: Retrieving libpam0g 1.5.2-9.1+b1
    I: Validating libpam0g 1.5.2-9.1+b1
    I: Retrieving libpam0t64 1.5.3-4
    I: Validating libpam0t64 1.5.3-4
    I: Retrieving libpcre2-8-0 10.42-4+b1
    I: Validating libpcre2-8-0 10.42-4+b1
    I: Retrieving libpopt0 1.19+dfsg-1+b1
    I: Validating libpopt0 1.19+dfsg-1+b1
    […]
    I: Extracting passwd...
    I: Extracting perl-base...
    I: Extracting sed...
    I: Extracting sysvinit-utils...
    I: Extracting tar...
    I: Extracting tzdata...
    I: Extracting usr-is-merged...
    I: Extracting util-linux...
    I: Extracting zlib1g...
    E: cannot move /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam.so.0 as its destination 
exists as a symlink


Kind regards,

Paul