This file is indexed.

preinst is in sendmail-bin 8.15.2-10.

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
set -e;

# do we have debconf?
if [ -f /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
	DEBCONF=true;
	. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule;
else
	DEBCONF='';
	fi;

if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ]; then
		# Prevent cronjob from running during upgrade...
		if [ -f /etc/cron.d/sendmail ]; then
			echo "#preinst" > /etc/cron.d/sendmail;
			fi;
fi