preinst is in ircd-ircu 2.10.12.10.dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.
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 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | #! /bin/sh
#
# preinst for ircd-ircu: check for hangover of old ircd package
#
#
set -e
case "$1" in
	install)
	if [ -f "/etc/init.d/ircd" ]; then
		echo "init-script of old ircd found, stopping it."
		invoke-rc.d ircd stop
	fi
	if [ -d "/etc/ircd" ]; then
		echo -n "hangovers of old ircd found, saving them in /etc/ircd/bak: "
		if [ ! -d "/etc/ircd/bak" ]; then
			mkdir /etc/ircd/bak/
		fi
		for a in `find /etc/ircd -mindepth 1 -not -name bak`; do cp -r "$a" "/etc/ircd/bak/`echo \"$a\" | sed 's/\/etc\/ircd//g'`.bak"; done
		echo "done."
	fi
	;;
	abort-upgrade|upgrade)
	
	;;
	*)
        
	echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
	exit 1
	
	;;
	
esac
exit 0
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