This file is indexed.

preinst is in tcl8.4-dev 8.4.19-4ubuntu3.

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

# remove old symlink if it's still hanging around.
if [ -L /usr/share/doc/tcl8.4-dev ]; then
    rm -f /usr/share/doc/tcl8.4-dev
fi

if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "8.4.16-2"; then
    update-alternatives --remove tcl.m4 /usr/lib/tcl8.4/tcl.m4
    # We really want to remove this alternative
    update-alternatives --auto tcl.m4 >/dev/null || true
fi