postinst is in rubygems 1.8.24-1.
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 | #!/bin/sh
# 
set -e
case "$1" in
  configure)
        rm -f /var/lib/gems/1.8/source_cache
        update-alternatives --quiet --install /usr/bin/gem gem \
            /usr/bin/gem1.8 180 \
	    --slave /usr/share/man/man1/gem.1.gz gem.1.gz \
	    /usr/share/man/man1/gem1.8.1.gz \
            --slave /etc/bash_completion.d/gem bash_completion_gem \
            /etc/bash_completion.d/gem1.8
       ;;
  *)
esac
exit 0
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