This file is indexed.

preinst is in sysv-rc 2.88dsf-41ubuntu6.

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
# preinst script for sysv-rc

set -e

# summary of how this script can be called:
#        * <new-preinst> `install'
#        * <new-preinst> `install' <old-version>
#        * <new-preinst> `upgrade' <old-version>
#        * <old-preinst> `abort-upgrade' <new-version>

case "$1" in
    upgrade)
	# Remove the recorded update-rc.d
	rm -f /var/lib/update-rc.d/*
    	;;
    install)
    	# Ubuntu does not use this by default
	touch /etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering
    	;;

    abort-upgrade)
    	;;

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



exit 0