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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# The client's files live in meshbay-common's venv, whose own cleanup runs only
+# after this package is gone: the bytecode compiled next to them is removed
+# here, or dpkg cannot remove the directories it sits in.
+case "$1" in
+    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+        site=$(echo /opt/meshbay-common/venv/lib/python3.*/site-packages)
+        while IFS= read -r entry; do
+            [ -n "$entry" ] && [ -d "$site/$entry" ] || continue
+            find "$site/$entry" -depth -type d -name __pycache__ \
+                -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+        done < /opt/meshbay-cli/site-packages.list
+        ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#