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Better clarify postrm deliniation

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Joshua Boniface 2022-12-03 02:01:06 -05:00
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@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Each script has `set -o errexit` enabled by default; thus any failure of any ste
* `prerm` runs during package removal, before the actual files of the program are removed. This is the second most common maintainer script, often used to de-configure services, remove users, remove created directories, etc.
* `postrm` runs during package remove, after the actual files of the program are removed. Really, anything that goes in `prerm` could likely also go in `postrm`, but where you put tasks depends on the specifics of your program.
* `postrm` runs during package remove, after the actual files of the program are removed. Some tasks in `prerm` could likely also go in `postrm`, but where you put tasks depends on the specifics of your program and what the script is doing, e.g. stop servers in `prerm` but remove directories in `postrm`.
In very simple programs, you might not need any of these scripts, or might only need one or two of them. For our example we'll only need `postinst` and `prerm` to handle our service and user.