< 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)