preinst is in snort-common 2.9.7.0-5build1.
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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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>
GENCONF="/etc/snort/snort.conf" # generic configuration file
DBCONF="/etc/snort/database.conf" # deprecated
case "$1" in
install)
# Do nothing
;;
upgrade)
# versions previous to 2.9.3 created the /etc/snort/database.conf
# file for configuration
#if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "2.9.3" && [ -e "$DBCONF" ] && ! [ -s "$DBCONF" ]
#then
#
# should show a warning to the user if not empty?
# (it will be deprecated anyway and will not be included in snort.conf)
#
#fi
# Remove the database configuration file it is exists and is empty
if [ -e "$DBCONF" ] && ! [ -s "$DBCONF" ]
then
rm -f $DBCONF
fi
;;
configure)
# Do nothing
;;
abort-upgrade)
;;
*)
echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
exit 0
;;
esac
# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.
exit 0
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