preinst is in postgresql-common 173.
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 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
case "$1" in
    install|upgrade)
	dpkg-divert --package postgresql-common --rename --divert /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev --add /usr/bin/pg_config
        ;;
    abort-upgrade)
        ;;
    *)
        echo "$0 called with unknown argument \`$1'" 1>&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
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