prerm is in sysv-rc 2.88dsf-41ubuntu6.
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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | #! /bin/sh
#
# sysv-rc prerm
#
set -e
case "$1" in
remove)
# Remove files generated by insserv to disable concurrent booting
rm -f /etc/init.d/.depend.boot
rm -f /etc/init.d/.depend.start
rm -f /etc/init.d/.depend.stop
;;
*) : ;;
esac
exit 0
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