Bug#406017: purge error: rmdir: no such file or directory

[Patrik Wenger <paddor@gmail.com>]

Package: libgcj8
Version: 4.2-20070105-1

This package is not installed on my system anymore.
I just wanted to purge it (it was not).

----- OUTPUT START -----
paddian:/var/lib# aptitude purge libgcj8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgcj8{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 86679 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libgcj8 ...
Purging configuration files for libgcj8 ...
rmdir: /var/lib/gcj-4.2: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing libgcj8 (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgcj8
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
paddian:/var/lib#
------ OUTPUT END ------

It doesn't help to create the directory on my own (/var/lib/gcj-4.2/).
"-f" doesn't help either.
All the actions i tried with aptitude, not apt-get.

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Patrik Wenger <paddor@gmail.com>