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diff --git a/man/deb-preinst.man b/man/deb-preinst.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3004ca5 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-preinst.man @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.\" dpkg manual page - deb-preinst(5) +.\" +.\" Copyright © 2016 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> +.\" +.\" This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +.\" (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +.\" along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +. +.TH deb\-preinst 5 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite" +.nh +.SH NAME +deb\-preinst \- package pre-installation maintainer script +. +.SH SYNOPSIS +preinst +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +A package can perform several pre-installation actions via maintainer +scripts, by including an executable \fIpreinst\fP file in its control +archive (i.e. \fIDEBIAN/preinst\fP during package creation). +.PP +The script can be called in the following ways: +.TP +\fInew-preinst\fP \fBinstall\fP +Before the package is installed. +.TP +\fInew-preinst\fP \fBinstall\fP \fIold-version new-version\fP +Before removed package is upgraded. +.TP +\fInew-preinst\fP \fBupgrade\fP \fIold-version new-version\fP +Before the package is upgraded. +.TP +\fIold-preinst\fP \fBabort-upgrade\fP \fInew-version\fP +If \fIpostrm\fP fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade. +. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dpkg (1). |