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Subject: Re: Uninstall scripts?
References: <002701c1e4d5$914a09c0$ad01a8c0 AT jj>
Organization: Jan at Appel
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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke AT gnu DOT org>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:48:41 +0200
In-Reply-To: <002701c1e4d5$914a09c0$ad01a8c0@jj> ("Jon Foster"'s message of
 "Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:30:45 +0100")
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"Jon Foster" <jon AT jon-foster DOT co DOT uk> writes:

> I know that after I install a package, setup.exe runs the
> postinstall script /etc/postinstall/<packagename>.sh.  Is
> there an equivalent script which is run before a package
> is uninstalled?

Yes, there's

    /etc/preremove/<packagename>.sh
    /etc/postremove/<packagename>.sh

It hasn't been in wide use, afaik,
Greetings,    
Jan.

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