This file is indexed.

postrm is in dpkg 1.18.25.

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
# See deb-postrm(5).

set -e

# Remove log file when dpkg is purged
remove_logfile() {
    rm -f /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/dpkg.log.* 2>/dev/null
}

# Cleanup multiarch infodb leftovers
cleanup_multiarch_infodb()
{
    admindir=${DPKG_ADMINDIR:-/var/lib/dpkg}
    pkgadmindir=$admindir/info

    echo "Cleaning up the multiarch dpkg control files database ..."
    ls $pkgadmindir | grep : | while read oldfile; do
        rm "$pkgadmindir/$oldfile"
    done
    rm -f $pkgadmindir/format
}

case "$1" in
    remove)
	;;

    purge)
	remove_logfile
	;;

    upgrade)
	# Downgrade the multiarch db to a “monoarch” db layout
	if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 1.16.2; then
	    cleanup_multiarch_infodb
	fi
	;;

    failed-upgrade|disappear|abort-install|abort-upgrade)
	;;


    *)
	echo "$0 called with unknown argument '$1'" 1>&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac


exit 0