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)