Best would be a message on the screen too, during apt-get, saying "Don't worry about the unable to delete old directory messages, Pretend you didn't see them." or something.
- Bug#1057121: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '... Dan Jacobson
- Bug#1057121: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old direct... Helmut Grohne
- Bug#1057121: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old di... Dan Jacobson