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diff --git a/man/deb-postrm.pod b/man/deb-postrm.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14e26a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-postrm.pod @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +# dpkg manual page - deb-postrm(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-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<DEBIAN/postrm> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer +scripts, by including an executable I<postrm> file in its control +archive (i.e. I<DEBIAN/postrm> during package creation). + +The script can be called in the following ways: + +=over + +=item I<postrm> B<remove> + +After the package was removed. + +=item I<postrm> B<purge> + +After the package was purged. + +=item I<old-postrm> B<upgrade> I<new-version> + +After the package was upgraded. + +=item I<new-postrm> B<failed-upgrade> I<old-version> I<new-version> + +If the above B<upgrade> call fails. + +=item I<postrm> B<disappear> I<overwriter-package> I<overwriter-version> + +After all of the packages files have been replaced. + +=item I<new-postrm> B<abort-install> + +If I<preinst> fails during install. + +=item I<new-postrm> B<abort-install> I<old-version new-version> + +If I<preinst> fails during upgrade of removed package. + +=item I<new-postrm> B<abort-upgrade> I<old-version new-version> + +If I<preinst> fails during upgrade. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +B<dpkg>(1). |