This file is indexed.

postinst is in approx 5.5-2build1.

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

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

case "$1" in
    configure|reconfigure) ;;
    *) exit 0 ;;
esac

# add the approx user
adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /var/cache/approx approx

# create the approx cache directory if necessary
if [ ! -d /var/cache/approx ]; then
    mkdir /var/cache/approx
    chown approx:approx /var/cache/approx
fi

# first remove any "vanilla" entry from /etc/inetd.conf
update-inetd --remove '^(\d|\w)+\s.*\bapprox\s+/usr/sbin/approx'

# add entry to /etc/inetd.conf unless there is already a custom one
if ! egrep -q '^[^#].*\s/usr/sbin/approx\b' /etc/inetd.conf; then
    db_get approx/port
    port="$RET"
    update-inetd --add "$port\t\tstream\ttcp\tnowait\tapprox\t/usr/sbin/approx /usr/sbin/approx"
fi

if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "4.0"; then
    if [ -f /etc/default/approx ]; then
        rm -f /etc/default/approx
    fi
    if [ -f /etc/init.d/approx ]; then
        rm -f /etc/init.d/approx
        update-rc.d approx remove >/dev/null
    fi
fi