preinst is in cfengine2 2.2.10-5build1.
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 34 35 36 | #! /bin/sh
#
# Possible invocations:
# * new-preinst install
# * new-preinst install old-version
# * new-preinst upgrade old-version
# * old-preinst abort-upgrade new-version
set -e
case "$1" in
upgrade)
bindir="/var/lib/cfengine2/bin"
# Remove it if it's a genuine directory so dpkg can install
# the link in its place.
if [ ! -h "$bindir" -a -d "$bindir" ]; then
rmdir "$bindir" || {
fmt <<EOF >&2
ERROR: $bindir could not be deleted automatically.
To fix this, check it and delete it yourself, then run
# dpkg --configure cfengine2
EOF
exit 1
}
fi
;;
install|abort-upgrade)
;;
*)
echo "Cfengine2 preinst called with invalid argument, '$1'" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
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