preinst is in inn2 2.5.3-3ubuntu1.
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 | #!/bin/sh -e
upgrade_quirks() {
# $2 is non-empty when installing from the "config-files" state
[ "$2" ] || return 0
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 2.3.1-2; then
if dpkg --compare-versions $2 eq 2.3.0-1; then
echo 'Upgrading from 2.3.0-1 to >= 2.3.999+20030125-4 is not supported.'
exit 1
fi
# remove any remaining symlinks under /usr/lib/news/bin/filter, then remove
# the directory if it's empty
if [ -d /usr/lib/news/bin/filter ]; then
find /usr/lib/news/bin/filter -type l -exec rm {} \;
rmdir /usr/lib/news/bin/filter 2> /dev/null || true
fi
fi # 2.3.1-2
}
# #690128: if the old MOTD file has been amended by the admin from default,
# then copy it to the new non-conffile nnrpd MOTD file.
# If not then remove the old MOTD conffile, being sure to cater for rollback.
dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/news/motd.news 2.5.3-1~ -- "$@"
case "$1" in
install|upgrade)
upgrade_quirks "$@"
esac
exit 0
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