prerm is in vim-tiny 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2.
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 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
pkg=vim-tiny
variant=tiny
# two things to do:
# 1) remove /usr/bin/vim.variant as alternative for /usr/bin/vim
# 2) remove /usr/bin/gvim as an alternative for gnome-text-editor for
#    variants built with gnome support
remove_gnome_alternative () {
  if [ -f /usr/bin/vim.$variant ]; then
    update-alternatives --remove gnome-text-editor /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  fi
}
remove_variant_alternative () {
  for i in vi view ex editor rvim rview vimdiff vim; do
    update-alternatives --remove $i /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  done
  case "$variant" in
    gtk|athena|gnome) # gui enabled variants
      remove_gui_variant_alternative
      ;;
  esac
}
remove_gui_variant_alternative () {
  for i in eview evim gview gvimdiff rgview rgvim gvim; do
    update-alternatives --remove $i /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  done
}
case "$1" in
  # only remove in remove/deconfigure so we don't disrupt users' preferences
  remove|deconfigure)
    case "$pkg" in
      vim-gnome) # gnome enabled variants
        remove_gnome_alternative
        ;;
    esac
    remove_variant_alternative
    ;;
  upgrade|failed-upgrade)
    ;;
  *)
    echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
    exit 0
    ;;
esac
exit 0
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