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This bug was fixed in the package dracut - 107-1ubuntu5

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dracut (107-1ubuntu5) questing; urgency=medium

  * fix(lsinitrd): resolve initrd to real path (LP: #2116183)

dracut (107-1ubuntu4) questing; urgency=medium

  * Fix trigger looping when installing dracut (LP: #2116073)
  * Add autopkgtest for lsinitrd
  * Let linux-firmware updates trigger the dracut autopkgtest (LP: #2116067)

 -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@xxxxxxxxxx>  Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:12:17 +0200

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

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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 Released

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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