I think that this is related to this behaviour on debootstrap exit, when it tries to umount the chrooted /proc:
root@oneiric:/var/cache/pbuilder/build/26972# umount /var/cache/pbuilder/build//26972/./proc umount: /proc: device is busy. (In some cases useful info about processes that use the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1)) but the very odd behaviour is that if i try to do (changing working dir): root@oneiric:/var/cache/pbuilder/build/26972# cd .. root@oneiric:/var/cache/pbuilder/build# umount /var/cache/pbuilder/build//26972/./proc root@oneiric:/var/cache/pbuilder/build# Using mount 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu4 there are no issues. The mounting is done via chroot, so the entry in /etc/mtab isn't present. I think that it's more related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=634107 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #634107 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=634107 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805886 Title: /proc does not get umounted after debootstrap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/805886/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs