Simple copy-paste error, it worked despite the mistake due to the similarity of abort_mv_conffile and abort_rm_conffile.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ mv_conffile() {
postrm)
if [ "$1" = "abort-install" -o "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ] &&
dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le-nl "$LASTVERSION"; then
- abort_rm_conffile "$OLDCONFFILE"
+ abort_mv_conffile "$OLDCONFFILE"
fi
;;
*)