This is not a bug in the kernel (kernel is just one caller of update- initramfs), but it more of a bug in the package system. Efforts are being made to accommodate commands like update-initramfs to make it callable at the end of the update, one time.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Fesity, during upgrade regenerating initrd 8 times https://launchpad.net/bugs/84309 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs