This file is indexed.

preinst is in apticron 1.1.52.

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 cron.daily file which has been installed by old (and bugged)
# apticron versions. (see #587597)
DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME=${DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME:=preinst} \
dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/cron.daily/apticron "1.1.44" apticron -- "$@"