This file is indexed.

preinst is in evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6.

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

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
EVO_PROCESS='evolution|/usr/lib/evolution/.*/evolution-exchange-storage|/usr/lib/evolution/evolution-data-server-.*'

error_msg() {
  db_title Upgrading evolution
  db_fset evolution/needs_shutdown seen false
  db_input high evolution/needs_shutdown || true
  db_go
}

end_msg() {
  db_title Evolution processes still present
  db_input high evolution/kill_processes || true
  db_fset evolution/kill_processes seen false
  db_go
}

upgrade_check() {
  seen=0
  while pgrep -fx ${EVO_PROCESS} > /dev/null; do
    seen=$(($seen + 1))
    if [ $seen -lt 4 ];
    then
        error_msg
    fi
    if [ $seen = 3 ]; then
      end_msg
      db_get evolution/kill_processes
      if [ "$RET" = "Abort" ];
      then
        db_stop
        echo "Evolution is still running, aborting..."
        exit 1
      else
        # proceed with the upgrade, try to kill any remaining evolution process
        # before
        echo "Evolution is still running but proceeding with the upgrade..." 
        pkill -fx ${EVO_PROCESS} > /dev/null
      fi
    fi
    if [ $seen = 4 ]; then
      # means we choose to proceed and tried to kill evo process but failed for
      # some reason. Try harder, then continue anyway
      db_stop
      pkill -9 -fx ${EVO_PROCESS} > /dev/null
      return
    fi
  done

  db_stop
  echo "No more Evolution instances running, proceeding with the upgrade..."
}

if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 2.24; then
  upgrade_check
fi