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[Benjamin Drung <2116183@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: dracut (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Title:
  lsinitrd fails on zstd compressed initrd: /boot/initrd.img is a
  symbolic link, ignoring

Status in dracut package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  lsinitrd /boot/initrd.img fails in case the initrd is zstd compressed:

  ```
  $ lsinitrd /boot/initrd.img
  Image: /boot/initrd.img: 0
  ========================================================================
  Warning : /boot/initrd.img is a symbolic link, ignoring 
  Version: 

  Arguments: 
  dracut modules:
  Warning : /boot/initrd.img is a symbolic link, ignoring 
  Warning : /boot/initrd.img is a symbolic link, ignoring 
  ========================================================================
  ========================================================================
  cpio: premature end of archive

  dracut cmdline:
  Warning : /boot/initrd.img is a symbolic link, ignoring
  ```

  ```
  $ 3cpio --examine /boot/initrd.img
  0	zstd
  ```

  The CAT variable is 'zstd -d -c'. The zstd man page says about the
  --force parameter: "disable input and output checks. Allows [...]
  operating on links"

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