This file is indexed.

preinst is in watchdog 5.14-3.

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

if [ -f /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm ]; then
# fix that old nasty reboot-on-upgrade bug
	if [ `grep "/etc/init.d/watchdog stop" /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm >/dev/null` ]
then 
		sed -e 's%/etc/init.d/watchdog stop%# do not stop watchdog here /etc/init.d/watchdog stop%' < /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm > /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm.new &&
		mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm.new /var/lib/dpkg/info/watchdog.prerm
	fi
fi