[release-4.21] OCPBUGS-86037: use --delete-if-present for karg removal

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #6007

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/cherrypick release-4.20 release-4.19 release-4.18

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: Jira Issue OCPBUGS-85124 has been cloned as Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86037. Will retitle bug to link to clone.
/retitle [release-4.21] OCPBUGS-86037: use --delete-if-present for karg removal

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86037, which is invalid:

• expected dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-85124 to be in one of the following states: VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA), but it is MODIFIED instead

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/cherrypick release-4.20 release-4.19 release-4.18

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/lgtm

/label backport-risk-assessed

clean backport!

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@isabella-janssen: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86037, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

7 validation(s) were run on this bug

• bug is open, matching expected state (open)
• bug target version (4.21.z) matches configured target version for branch (4.21.z)
• bug is in the state New, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)
• release note type set to "Release Note Not Required"
• dependent bug Jira Issue OCPBUGS-85124 is in the state Verified, which is one of the valid states (VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA))
• dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-85124 targets the "4.22.0" version, which is one of the valid target versions: 4.22.0
• bug has dependents

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86037: All pull requests linked via external trackers have merged:

• openshift/machine-config-operator#6058

This pull request has the verified-later tag and will need to be manually moved to VERIFIED after testing. Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86037 has been moved to the MODIFIED state.

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/cherrypick release-4.20 release-4.19 release-4.18

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: new pull request created: #6063

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Fix included in release 4.21.0-0.nightly-2026-05-19-182156