This file is indexed.

preinst is in gdm 3.18.3-0ubuntu2.

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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#!/bin/sh

set -e

# Prepare to move a conffile without triggering a dpkg question
prep_mv_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
        rm -f "$CONFFILE"
    fi
}

if [ "$1" = "install" -o "$1" = "upgrade" ] && [ -n "$2" ] &&
    dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "3.18.0-2~"; then

    if [ -L /etc/pam.d/gdm-launch-environment ]; then
        rm -f /etc/pam.d/gdm-launch-environment
    fi
    if [ -L /etc/pam.d/gdm-password ]; then
        rm -f /etc/pam.d/gdm-password
    fi

    # Transition conffiles from gdm to gdm3
    conffiles="$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' gdm | cut -d' ' -f2)" || true
    for f in ${conffiles}; do
        prep_mv_conffile gdm ${f}
    done

    #clean up old dconf conffiles
    if [ -d /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d ]; then
        rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d 2> /dev/null
        rm -rf /etc/dconf/db/gdm
    fi
    rm -rf /etc/dconf/profile/gdm
fi



exit 0