maintainer script

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maintainer script - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  maintainer script
  
     <Debian> One of the scripts (preinst, prerm, postinst, postrm)
     that may be included in a Debian binary package.  These
     scripts may create and/or remove symlinks, files or
     directories that, for some reason, could not be done directly
     by dpkg.  Maintainer scripts frequently create or update the
     symlinks in the /etc/rc?.d directories and start, stop, or
     restart daemons.
  
     (2000-05-31)