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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# prerm script for monkeysphere
+
+# the only thing we're doing here is making sure that the local
+# administrator is not trying to downgrade to a version below 0.23,
+# since there was such a major reorganization of system data during
+# the transition to 0.23.
+
+# Author: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
+# Copyright 2009
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+    upgrade)
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.23 ; then
+	    cat >&2 <<EOF
+
+Downgrading the monkeysphere to a version earlier than 0.23 can have
+BAD CONSEQUENCES, including potentially locking you out of the system.
+Downgrading in this fashion is NOT SUPPORTED.
+
+EOF
+
+	    exit 1
+	fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0