This file is indexed.

preinst is in dpkg-dev 1.16.18.

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 -e
# This script can be called in the following ways:
#
# Before the package is installed:
#	<new-preinst> install
#
# Before removed package is upgraded:
#	<new-preinst> install <old-version>
#
# Before the package is upgraded:
#	<new-preinst> upgrade <old-version>
#
#
# If postrm fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade:
#	<old-preinst> abort-upgrade <new-version>

remove_doc_symlink() {
    if [ -L /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev ]; then
	rm /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev
    fi
}

case "$1" in
    install)
	;;

    upgrade)
	remove_doc_symlink
	;;

    abort-upgrade)
	;;


    *)
	echo "$0 called with unknown argument \`$1'" 1>&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac


exit 0