/usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/postinst-ubuntu-defaults-desktop-session is in ubuntu-defaults-builder 0.49.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  | if [ "$1" = configure ] && [ -z "$2" ] && [ -r /usr/share/PACKAGE/default-session.txt ]; then
    session=$(cat /usr/share/PACKAGE/default-session.txt)
    # LightDM
    if [ -x /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults ] ; then
        /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --session $session || true
    fi
    # gdm
    if [ ! -e /etc/gdm/custom.conf ]; then
	mkdir -p /etc/gdm/
	cat <<EOF > /etc/gdm/custom.conf
[daemon]
DefaultSession=$session
EOF
    fi
fi
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