tags 956329 + patch thanks
Here's the obvious patch, tested with both remove & purge cases.
diff -urpN rasdaemon-0.6.5.orig/debian/rasdaemon.postrm rasdaemon-0.6.5/debian/rasdaemon.postrm --- rasdaemon-0.6.5.orig/debian/rasdaemon.postrm 1969-12-31 17:00:00.000000000 -0700 +++ rasdaemon-0.6.5/debian/rasdaemon.postrm 2020-04-16 12:16:19.898085730 -0600 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# postrm script for rasdaemon +# +# see: dh_installdeb(1) + +set -e + +# summary of how this script can be called: +# * <postrm> `remove' +# * <postrm> `purge' +# * <old-postrm> `upgrade' <new-version> +# * <new-postrm> `failed-upgrade' <old-version> +# * <new-postrm> `abort-install' +# * <new-postrm> `abort-install' <old-version> +# * <new-postrm> `abort-upgrade' <old-version> +# * <disappearer's-postrm> `disappear' <overwriter> +# <overwriter-version> +# for details, see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or +# the debian-policy package + + +case "$1" in + purge) + rm -f /var/lib/rasdaemon/ras-mc_event.db + ;; + remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear) + ;; + + *) + echo "postrm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 + exit 1 + ;; +esac + +# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically +# generated by other debhelper scripts. + +#DEBHELPER# + +exit 0