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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# A hub left running once its package is gone serves from deleted code, and
+# keeps writing bytecode into the shared venv.
+case "$1" in
+    remove|deconfigure)
+        if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+            systemctl stop meshbay-hub.service 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# The hub's code lives in meshbay-common's venv, and meshbay-common's own
+# cleanup runs only after this package is gone: the bytecode compiled next to
+# it is removed here, or dpkg cannot remove the directories it sits in.
+case "$1" in
+    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+        find /opt/meshbay-common/venv/lib/python3.*/site-packages/meshbay_hub \
+            -depth -type d -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+        ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#