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preinst is in smartlist 3.15-22.

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

LISTHOME="/var/list"
LISTID=38

if ! grep -q "^list:" /etc/passwd; then
cat << FIN
Error: User \`list' does not exist.
You would have to upgrade the base-passwd package.

However, it is possible that the current base-passwd
does not automagically update /etc/passwd entries (yet).
In such case (if you know what you are doing) you may
create a new user with the following specifications:

login name: list, UID: $LISTID
group name: list, GID: $LISTID
home directory: $LISTHOME

FIN
exit 1

else
  if ! grep -q "^list:.*:$LISTID:$LISTID:" /etc/passwd; then
     echo "Error: \`list' user has not uid $LISTID and gid $LISTID"
     echo "Please, fix this before trying again."
     echo ""
     exit 1
  fi
  if ! grep -q "^list:.*:$LISTID:$LISTID:.*:$LISTHOME:" /etc/passwd; then
     echo "Error: \`list' home directory is not $LISTHOME"
     echo "Please, fix this before trying again."
     echo ""
     exit 1
  fi
fi