preinst is in python 2.7.5-5ubuntu3.
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 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 | #! /bin/sh
set -e
# remove the python alternatives before installing our own python link
update-alternatives --auto /usr/bin/python >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
update-alternatives --remove python /usr/bin/python1.5 || true
update-alternatives --remove python /usr/bin/python2.1 || true
update-alternatives --remove python /usr/bin/python2.2 || true
[ -L /usr/share/doc/python/html ] || rm -rf /usr/share/doc/python/html
case "$1" in
upgrade)
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 2.6.1-1~; then
oldv=$(echo $2 | sed 's/^\(...\).*/\1/')
if [ "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" != noninteractive ]; then
echo "running python pre-rtupdate hooks for python2.7..."
fi
for hook in /usr/share/python/runtime.d/*.rtupdate; do
[ -x $hook ] || continue
if ! $hook pre-rtupdate python$oldv python2.7; then
hb=$(basename $hook .rtupdate)
echo >&2 "error running python pre-rtupdate hook $hb"
echo >&2 "running python failed-pre-rtupdate hook $hb"
$hook failed-pre-rtupdate python$oldv python2.7
errors=yes
break
fi
done
[ -z "$errors" ] || exit 3
fi
# 2.4.4-5 is the first version, which adds python2.5 as supported
# version; need to run an rtinstall python2.5 in the postinst.
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 2.4.4-5 && [ -x /usr/bin/python2.5 ]; then
version=$(dpkg -s python2.5-minimal | awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}')
mkdir -p /var/lib/python
echo "$version" > /var/lib/python/python2.5_already_installed
fi
# 2.5.4-6 is the first version, which adds python2.6 as supported
# version; need to run an rtinstall python2.6 in the postinst.
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 2.5.4-6 && [ -x /usr/bin/python2.6 ]; then
version=$(dpkg -s python2.6-minimal | awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}')
mkdir -p /var/lib/python
echo "$version" > /var/lib/python/python2.6_already_installed
fi
# 2.6.6-13 is now the first version, which adds python2.7 as supported
# version; need to run an rtinstall python2.7 in the postinst.
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 2.6.6-13 && [ -x /usr/bin/python2.7 ]; then
version=$(dpkg -s python2.7-minimal | awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}')
mkdir -p /var/lib/python
echo "$version" > /var/lib/python/python2.7_already_installed
fi
esac
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