preinst is in dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.
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 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 | #!/bin/sh -e
# This script can be called in the following ways:
#
# Before the package is installed:
# <new-preinst> install
#
# Before removed package is upgraded:
# <new-preinst> install <old-version>
#
# Before the package is upgraded:
# <new-preinst> upgrade <old-version>
#
#
# If postrm fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade:
# <old-preinst> abort-upgrade <new-version>
remove_doc_symlink() {
if [ -L /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev ]; then
rm /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev
fi
}
case "$1" in
install)
;;
upgrade)
remove_doc_symlink
;;
abort-upgrade)
;;
*)
echo "$0 called with unknown argument \`$1'" 1>&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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