This file is indexed.

preinst is in hal 0.5.14-8.

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.

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#!/bin/sh

set -e

rm_conffile() {
  PKGNAME="hal"
  CONFFILE="$1"

  if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
   md5sum="`md5sum \"$CONFFILE\" | sed -e \"s/ .*//\"`"
   old_md5sum="`dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' $PKGNAME | sed -n -e \"\\\\' $CONFFILE'{s/ obsolete$//;s/.* //p}\"`"
   if [ "$md5sum" != "$old_md5sum" ]; then
     echo "Obsolete conffile $CONFFILE has been modified by you."
     echo "Saving as $CONFFILE.dpkg-bak ..."
     mv -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE".dpkg-bak
   else
     echo "Removing obsolete conffile $CONFFILE ..."
     rm -f "$CONFFILE"
   fi
 fi
}

case "$1" in
  install|upgrade)
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "0.5.11-3"; then
      rm_conffile "/etc/udev/hal.rules"
      rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/z99_hal.rules
    fi
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-1"; then
      rm_conffile "/etc/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules"
    fi
    # Remove old SysV init scripts, using D-Bus activation now
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "0.5.14-4"; then
      rm_conffile /etc/init.d/hal
      rm_conffile /etc/default/hal
      update-rc.d -f hal remove >/dev/null
    fi
esac