prerm is in libnewlib-dev 2.1.0-3.
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 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
case "$1" in
# only remove in remove/deconfigure so we don't disrupt users' preferences
remove|deconfigure)
update-alternatives --quiet --remove \
gcc-arm-none-eabi-include \
/usr/include/newlib
;;
upgrade|failed-upgrade)
;;
*)
echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
exit 0
;;
esac
exit 0
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