preinst is in smstools 3.1.15-1.2.
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 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
# The following is a workaround that is needed for version 3.0-1 because its init
# script is sometimes not working properly. This would result in zombie processes
# after installation, or even worse it could fail the installation
# Also here is a fix for version
if [ "$1" = 'upgrade' ]; then
if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" eq 3.0-1 ; then
start-stop-daemon --stop -x /usr/sbin/smsd -R 30 --signal -9
if test -f /var/run/smsd.pid ; then rm /var/run/smsd.pid; fi
fi
fi
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