preinst is in nis 3.17.1-1build1.
This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | #! /bin/sh
set -e
umask 022
# See how we were called in detail
case "$1" in
upgrade|install)
# If we're upgrading, save the old settings from
# /etc/init.d/nis so the postinst can substitute
# them into the new /etc/default/nis config file.
if [ ! -f /etc/default/nis ] && [ -f /etc/init.d/nis ]
then
grep "^NISSERVER=" /etc/init.d/nis \
> /etc/default/nis.settings || true
fi
;;
abort-upgrade)
;;
*)
;;
esac
exit 0
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