preinst is in shorewall-lite 4.4.26.1-1.
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 | #!/bin/sh -e
case "$1" in
    upgrade)
        # if we are upgrading from version < 3.4 then we have to rename the
        # configuration file
        if [ "$2" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "3.4"
        then
            if [ -f /etc/shorewall-lite/shorewall.conf ]
            then
                ln /etc/shorewall-lite/shorewall.conf /etc/shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite.conf
            fi
        fi
        ;;
    *)
        ;;
esac
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