This file is indexed.

prerm is in locales-all 2.24-11+deb9u4.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

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#!/bin/sh
set -e

pathfind() {
    OLDIFS="$IFS"
    IFS=:
    for p in $PATH; do
        if [ -x "$p/$*" ]; then
            IFS="$OLDIFS"
            return 0
        fi
    done
    IFS="$OLDIFS"
    return 1
}

case "$1" in
    remove|purge)
	# Is locales installed?
	if pathfind locale-gen ; then
		# If yes, generate locales selected in the debconf question
		locale-gen
	fi
	;;
    *)
    	;;
esac



exit 0