[Bug 2101799] [NEW] initramfs-tools in noble repo misses hooks

[Christian Pelzl]

Public bug reported:

initramfs-tools package in noble repository is defective and does not
contain /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks directory. This prevents proper
installation and configuration of initramfs-tools.

$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Release:	24.04

$ apt-cache policy initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools:
  Installed: 0.142ubuntu25.5
  Candidate: 0.142ubuntu25.5
  Version table:
 *** 0.142ubuntu25.5 500
        500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.142ubuntu25 500
        500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

Expectation to have a hooks directory:

$ apt-get download initramfs-tools
$ dpkg-deb -x ./initramfs-tools_*.deb temp_extract_dir
$ ls temp_extract_dir/usr/share/
bash-completion  bug  doc  lintian  man

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

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Title:
  initramfs-tools in noble repo misses hooks

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  initramfs-tools package in noble repository is defective and does not
  contain /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks directory. This prevents
  proper installation and configuration of initramfs-tools.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  No LSB modules are available.
  Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
  Release:	24.04

  $ apt-cache policy initramfs-tools
  initramfs-tools:
    Installed: 0.142ubuntu25.5
    Candidate: 0.142ubuntu25.5
    Version table:
   *** 0.142ubuntu25.5 500
          500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.142ubuntu25 500
          500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

  Expectation to have a hooks directory:

  $ apt-get download initramfs-tools
  $ dpkg-deb -x ./initramfs-tools_*.deb temp_extract_dir
  $ ls temp_extract_dir/usr/share/
  bash-completion  bug  doc  lintian  man

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