Updating the kernel of systems upgraded by Leapp doesn't generate the initramfs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On a system that was upgraded from RHEL7 to RHEL8 using leapp, kernel updates do not generate the corresponding initramfs in /boot

    # yum install kernel-4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3
[...]

# ls -l /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3*
ls: cannot access '/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3*': No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • leapp
    • grub2
    • kernel updates

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