Public bug reported:

apt -f remove --purge kdump-tools
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Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT:
  kdump-tools*
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 1 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Nach dieser Operation werden 134 kB Plattenplatz freigegeben.
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(Lese Datenbank ... 426418 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entfernen von kdump-tools (1:1.10.3ubuntu2) ...
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/kdump-tools.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.0-23-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/microcode.cpio /boot/initrd.img-6.17.0-23-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-111-lowlatency
Found initrd image: /boot/microcode.cpio /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-111-lowlatency
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-110-lowlatency
Found initrd image: /boot/microcode.cpio /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-110-lowlatency
Found memtest86+ 64bit EFI image: /boot/memtest86+x64.efi
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
Trigger für man-db (2.12.0-4build2) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu25.8) werden verarbeitet ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.17.0-23-generic
mkdir: das Verzeichnis »/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_0wUc7q//usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu“ 
kann nicht angelegt werden: Die Datei existiert bereits
cp: Aufruf von stat für 
'/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_0wUc7q//usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6' nicht möglich: 
Ist kein Verzeichnis
(Lese Datenbank ... 426403 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Löschen der Konfigurationsdateien von kdump-tools (1:1.10.3ubuntu2) ...

happens at every kernel update/upgrade (independent from kernel version,
no custom kernels, all are included in 24.04 lts.

happens on all ubuntu main boxes i have, all intel amd64.

seems to be purely cosmetic... the contents of the initramfs seem to be
"clean":

apt show initramfs-tools | grep Version

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in
scripts.

Version: 0.142ubuntu25.8

lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-6.17.0-23-generic | head -20
kernel
kernel/x86
kernel/x86/microcode
kernel/x86/microcode/.enuineIntel.align.0123456789abc
kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
.
usr
usr/lib
usr/lib/firmware
usr/lib/firmware/3com
usr/lib/firmware/3com/typhoon.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/acenic
usr/lib/firmware/acenic/tg1.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/acenic/tg2.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/adaptec
usr/lib/firmware/adaptec/starfire_rx.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/adaptec/starfire_tx.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/advansys
usr/lib/firmware/advansys/3550.bin.zst
usr/lib/firmware/advansys/38C0800.bin.zst

the hooks (before uninstalling kdump-tools):

ls -la /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/
insgesamt 132
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mai  1 04:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Feb 11 19:16 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3856 Mai 28  2025 amd64_microcode
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1124 Mär 31  2024 brltty
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  701 Mär 31  2024 btrfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3142 Feb 26  2024 console_setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1335 Feb  4 18:01 dhcpcd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  506 Jun  5  2024 dmsetup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  436 Feb  4 18:01 fixrtc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  386 Apr 22  2024 framebuffer
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  906 Nov 30 22:46 framebuffer-nvidia
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2109 Feb  4 18:01 fsck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  231 Apr  8  2024 fuse
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4842 Feb 27 14:55 intel_microcode
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  301 Feb 27  2024 kbd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1051 Apr  1  2024 kdump-tools
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  694 Feb 11  2024 klibc-utils
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  468 Apr 18  2024 kmod
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  507 Jul 22  2025 kpartx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  661 Jul  1  2024 lvm2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3215 Jul 29  2024 mdadm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1670 Jul 22  2025 multipath
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  304 Apr 17 19:52 ntfs_3g
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6185 Feb 25  2025 plymouth
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  154 Mär 31  2024 reiserfsprogs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3267 Feb  4 18:01 resume
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  485 Apr  8  2024 sg3-utils
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1172 Apr 22  2024 thermal
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  331 Jul  1  2024 thin-provisioning-tools
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2650 Mär 24 14:45 udev
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2233 Aug 13  2024 zz-busybox-initramfs

thanks in advance for any help.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.142ubuntu25.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-110.110.1-lowlatency 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-110-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Sun May 10 10:48:02 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-31 (2170 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
PackageArchitecture: all
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-05-18 (722 days ago)

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble

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  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-* temporary files
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