initramfs-tools 0.151 release

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	initramfs-tools 0.151 release
Date	2026-04-01 16:30 +0200
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This release adds some minor features:
- 3cpio is used instead of cpio, if available
- post-update hooks can be installed in
  /usr/share/initramfs/post-update.d

Other changes:
- Fixed new shellcheck warnings
- Fixed various problems with the autopkgtests

The shortlog is below.

Ben.

Ben Hutchings (8):
      Merge branch 'shellcheck' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'wrap-and-sort' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'fix-test-arm64' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch '3cpio' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'runparts_usr' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 's390x-timeout' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'deterministic-boot' into 'debian/latest'
      Releasing version 0.151.
 
Benjamin Drung (8):
      Run wrap-and-sort
      silence incorrect shellcheck SC2329
      Fix shellcheck SC2268
      mkinitramfs: move unknown compression warning earlier
      mkinitramfs: introduce build_initrd_with_cpio
      Use 3cpio for unmkinitramfs/lsinitramfs if available
      Support 3cpio and prefer 3cpio over cpio
      autopkgtest: increase timeout to 240s on s390x
 
Hector Cao (1):
      tests fail on arm64 because they call qemu-system-arm64 with cpu=max the qemu fails to boot the VM with recent EDK2.
 
John Chittum (2):
      d/tests refactor for explicit paths
      d/t/qemu-net-iscsi: determinate boot by LABEL
 
Luca Boccassi (1):
      update-initramfs: support loading post-update hooks from /usr/share/ too

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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                                                         - Albert Camus

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