-debootstrap --foreign --include debian-archive-keyring,ifupdown,isc-dhcp-client,locales,openssh-server $DEBIAN_RELEASE "${LXC_ROOTFS}" $DEBIAN_MIRROR
+DEBOOTSTRAPOPTIONS=""
+STANDARDPACKAGES="debian-archive-keyring,ifupdown,isc-dhcp-client,locales,openssh-server"
+
+if [ "$DEBIAN_RELEASE" == "squeeze" ] || [ "$DEBIAN_RELEASE" == "lenny" ] || [ "$DEBIAN_RELEASE" == "etch" ]; then
+ DEBOOTSTRAPOPTIONS="--no-check-gpg"
+fi
+
+if [ "$DEBIAN_RELEASE" == "lenny" ] || [ "$DEBIAN_RELEASE" == "etch" ]; then
+ STANDARDPACKAGES="debian-archive-keyring,ifupdown,locales,openssh-server"
+fi
+
+debootstrap $DEBOOTSTRAPOPTIONS --foreign --include "${STANDARDPACKAGES}" $DEBIAN_RELEASE "${LXC_ROOTFS}" $DEBIAN_MIRROR