prerm is in libpython2.7-minimal 2.7.11-7ubuntu1.
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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | #! /bin/sh
set -e
remove_bytecode()
{
pkg=$1
dpkg -L $1 \
| awk '/\.py$/ {print $0"c\n" $0"o"}' \
| xargs -r rm -f >&2
}
case "$1" in
remove)
pc=$(dpkg-query -f '${db:Status-Abbrev} ${binary:Package}\n' -W libpython2.7-minimal \
| grep -v '^.n' | wc -l)
if [ "$pc" -le 1 ]; then
remove_bytecode libpython2.7-minimal:amd64
fi
;;
upgrade)
remove_bytecode libpython2.7-minimal:amd64
# byte compilation in python2.7-minimal postinst, strict dependency
;;
deconfigure)
;;
failed-upgrade)
;;
*)
echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
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