Hi,
There is some inbalance between posting & postrm.
After purge, a useless "root root 700 /etc/dovecot/private"
is left behind.
Please ensure it it removed in .postrm
Greetings
Alexandre
$ dpkg-statoverride --list | sort
...
root plocate 2755 /usr/bin/plocate
root root 1733 /var/lib/php/sessions
root root 700 /etc/dovecot/private
root ssl-cert 710 /etc/ssl/private
------
https://sources.debian.org/src/dovecot/1%3A2.4.4%2Bdfsg1-1/debian/dovecot-core.postinst
if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /etc/dovecot/private >/dev/null; then
dpkg-statoverride --quiet --update --add root root 0700 /etc/dovecot/private
fi
https://sources.debian.org/src/dovecot/1%3A2.4.4%2Bdfsg1-1/debian/dovecot-core.postrm
(nothing)