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postinst is in iputils-ping 3:20121221-5ubuntu2.

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

if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
    # If we have setcap is installed, try setting cap_net_raw+ep,
    # which allows us to install our binaries without the setuid
    # bit.

    # Don't use setcap for Ubuntu as tarballs don't properly store those
    # by default. LP: #1302192
    if false; then
        if setcap cap_net_raw+ep /bin/ping cap_net_raw+ep /bin/ping6; then
            echo "Setcap worked! Ping(6) is not suid!"
        else
            echo "Setcap failed on /bin/ping, falling back to setuid" >&2
            chmod u+s /bin/ping /bin/ping6
        fi
    else
        echo "Setcap is not installed, falling back to setuid" >&2
        chmod u+s /bin/ping /bin/ping6
    fi
fi



exit 0

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