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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 09:40:31 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 09:40:31 +0000 |
commit | b86570f63e533abcbcb97c2572e0e5732a96307b (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.20.13.upstream/1.20.13upstream
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diff --git a/man/deb-preinst.pod b/man/deb-preinst.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea432a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-preinst.pod @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +# 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/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-preinst - package pre-installation maintainer script + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<DEBIAN/preinst> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A package can perform several pre-installation actions via maintainer +scripts, by including an executable I<preinst> file in its control +archive (i.e. I<DEBIAN/preinst> during package creation). + +The script can be called in the following ways: + +=over + +=item I<new-preinst> B<install> + +Before the package is installed. + +=item I<new-preinst> B<install> I<old-version new-version> + +Before removed package is upgraded. + +=item I<new-preinst> B<upgrade> I<old-version new-version> + +Before the package is upgraded. + +=item I<old-preinst> B<abort-upgrade> I<new-version> + +If I<postrm> fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +B<dpkg>(1). |