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preinst is in mcelog 100-1fakesync1.

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

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

    [ -e "$CONFFILE" ] || return 0

    local md5sum="$(md5sum $CONFFILE | sed -e 's/ .*//')"
    local old_md5sum="$(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
}

if [ "$1" = install ] || [ "$1" = upgrade ]; then
    # Cleanup files related to cron-mode
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "0.9~pre1-1"; then
        rm_conffile mcelog /etc/logrotate.d/mcelog

	rm_conffile mcelog /etc/cron.d/mcelog
	if [ -e /etc/cron.d/mcelog ]; then
	    # Disable the crontab to avoid annoying messages
	    touch /etc/mcelog-disabled
	else
	    # Cleanup now-useless file
	    rm -f /etc/mcelog-disabled
	fi
    fi

    # Move /etc/mcelog.conf to /etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf
    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "1.0~pre1-1"; then
        if [ -e /etc/mcelog.conf ] && [ ! -e /etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf ]; then
            [ -d /etc/mcelog ] || mkdir -p /etc/mcelog
            mv /etc/mcelog.conf /etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf
        fi
    fi
fi