Description of problem: I have noticed on several occasions that the initramfs file created by dracut does not have correct timestamps. It somehow seems to preserve the timestamp from the previous version of the file. I don't think I am hallucinating. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dracut-057-22.git20230530.el9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always? Steps to Reproduce: 1. Modify a file included in the initramfs 2. Run 'dracut -f' 3. run 'lsinitrd' and look at the listing for that file. Actual results: For example, I modified /etc/sysctl.conf. Prior to editing, here is what I saw: lsinitrd | grep sysctl -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1223 May 31 10:29 etc/sysctl.conf ... Then I edited /etc/sysctl.conf. In the filesystem, I see: -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1230 Jul 25 12:16 /etc/sysctl.conf Then I ran 'dracut -f'. When I then ran 'lsinitrd | grep sysctl', I saw this: -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1230 May 31 10:29 etc/sysctl.conf Notice that the length of the file has changed, but it somehow preserves the old timestamp. It is confounding. Expected results: The timestamps should update. Additional info: I have observed the same behavior with kernel modules created by dkms.