Dear Maintainer,

Ubuntu patches the busybox package to:

* add a busybox-initramfs binary package
* Prefer busybox cmds over klibc cmds where there is duplication
* Add static-sh alias name for ash (LP: #505887)

The busybox-initramfs package is smaller than the busybox package:

```
# ls -alh /usr/bin/busybox /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 827K Jan 14 15:50 /usr/bin/busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 323K Jan 14 15:50 /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox
# ldd /usr/bin/busybox
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x0000769a0daff000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x0000769a0da12000)
	libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x0000769a0d7f1000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000769a0db01000)
# ldd /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x000073e539db4000)
	libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x000073e539b38000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000073e539db6000)
```

The size of busybox + glibc is a tiny fraction of Debian's initrd. The
main size comes from modules and firmware. These are significantly
larger than busybox. Therefore the busybox Debian maintainer does not
want to add a specific busybox build for initrds (see Debian #1135987).

Carrying this busybox delta in Ubuntu for the neglectable initrd size
difference is not worth the effort in 2026. So drop busybox-initramfs in
Ubuntu and make the initramfs-tools package simpler.

initramfs-tools recommends "busybox | busybox-static" on Debian and
Ubuntu now. So drop depending on busybox-initramfs and use the same
package order in Depends.

Git-formatted patch attached.

LP: #2157328

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
zfs-linux, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1142294@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Shengqi Chen <harry@debian.org> (supplier of updated zfs-linux package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:06:49 +0800
Source: zfs-linux
Architecture: source
Version: 2.4.3-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers <pkg-zfsonlinux-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed-By: Shengqi Chen <harry@debian.org>
Closes: 1142294 1144055
Changes:
 zfs-linux (2.4.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Igor Krpanic ]
   * d/rules: fix outdated udeb package names (Closes: #1144055)
   * d/: rename udeb install files to match udeb package names
   * d/rules: fix appending of control.udeb.in
   * d/rules: strip modules in the -di udeb
   * d/shlibs.local: map libtirpc to libtirpc3-udeb for udebs
   * d/rules: copy DKMS files instead of moving them
 .
   [ Benjamin Drung ]
   * Drop depending on busybox-initramfs (Closes: #1142294, LP: #2157328)
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