preinst is in sgmltools-lite 3.0.3.0.cvs.20010909-17.
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  | #! /bin/sh
# preinst script for sgmltools-lite
set -e
case "$1" in
    install|upgrade)
     # remove runtime compiled files in old FSSTND dir
     find /usr/lib/sgml/misc/sgmltools -name '*.pyc' 2>/dev/null|xargs rm -f
    ;;
    abort-upgrade)
    ;;
    *)
        echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        exit 0
    ;;
esac
exit 0
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