preinst is in sgml-base 1.26+nmu4ubuntu1.
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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## debian/preinst : preinstallation script for sgml-base
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set -e
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if [ "$1" = "install" -o "$1" = "upgrade" ]
then
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## create /var/lib/sgml-base
if [ ! -d /var/lib/sgml-base ]
then
mkdir /var/lib/sgml-base 2>/dev/null
fi
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## create /etc/sgml
if [ ! -d /etc/sgml ]
then
mkdir /etc/sgml 2>/dev/null
fi
fi
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## automatically generated debhelper commands
exit 0
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