This file is indexed.

preinst is in locate 4.4.2-4ubuntu1.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

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#!/bin/sh

set -e

# Remove a no-longer used conffile
# http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling
rm_conffile() {
  PKGNAME="$1"
  CONFFILE="$2"

  if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
    md5sum="`md5sum \"$CONFFILE\" | sed -e \"s/ .*//\"`"
    old_md5sum="`dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' $PKGNAME | sed -n -e \"\\\\' $CONFFILE'{s/ obsolete$//;s/.* //p}\"`"
    if [ "$md5sum" != "$old_md5sum" ]; then
      echo "Obsolete conffile $CONFFILE has been modified by you."
      echo "Saving as $CONFFILE.dpkg-bak ..."
      mv -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE".dpkg-bak
    else
      echo "Removing obsolete conffile $CONFFILE ..."
      rm -f "$CONFFILE"
    fi
  fi
}

case "$1" in
  install|upgrade)
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le-nl "4.2.31-2"; then
      rm_conffile locate "/etc/cron.daily/find"
    fi
  ;;
esac




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