This file is indexed.

prerm is in octave3.2-headers 3.2.4-12.

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
#
# prerm script for the Debian GNU/Linux octave2.0-headers package
#
# Written by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>



# The current Octave version, known to debian/rules at build time
VERSION=3.2.4

case "$1" in
    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
	#
	# update-alternatives for multiple Octave versions
	for f in mkoctfile octave-config octave-depends ; do
		update-alternatives --remove $f /usr/bin/$f-$VERSION
	done
	update-alternatives --remove octave-include \
		/usr/include/octave-$VERSION/octave
	update-alternatives --remove octave-defs.make \
		/usr/share/octave/debian/defs.make-$VERSION

	;;
    failed-upgrade)
	;;
    *)
        echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        exit 0
    ;;
esac