This file is indexed.

preinst is in pm-utils 1.4.1-9.

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 -e

if [ "$1" = "install" -o "$1" = "upgrade" ] && \
    dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "1.3.0~rc3-2"; then
	# 1.3~ versions prior to this had a broken quirks DB evaluation or
	# stored the cache file at the wrong location, so force an update
	rm -f /etc/pm/last_known_working.quirkdb
fi