Since it's an RC bug untouched by the maintainer for over a month, I'm uplading an NMU to delay 2. Please let me know of you want it delayed further. NMU diff attached.
diff -u scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/changelog scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/changelog
--- scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/changelog
+++ scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+scanlogd (2.2.5-3.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Set adduser in postinst not to create /home/scanlogd and remove it if it
+ exists. Ssolves unowned files left on system after purge (Closes: #668722)
+
+ -- Scott Kitterman <sc...@kitterman.com> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:54:56 -0400
+
scanlogd (2.2.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
* fix init.d script when /var/run is a tmpfs
diff -u scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/postinst scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/postinst
--- scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/postinst
+++ scanlogd-2.2.5/debian/postinst
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
#!/bin/sh
update-rc.d scanlogd defaults >/dev/null
+
+if [ -d /home/scanlogd ] ; then # Clean up after #668722
+ rmdir /home/scanlogd # If for some reason the directory isn't empty
+ # then the directory shouldn't be unconditionally
+ # removed
+fi
+
# scanlogd needs a user
-adduser --system scanlogd || true
+adduser --system --no-create-home --quiet scanlogd || true
if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then
invoke-rc.d scanlogd start
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