> # apt update > # apt source --compile smartlist > [..] > Can't access /root/smartlist-3.15/debian/tmp/var/list, are you sure it's > there? > make[1]: *** [debian/rules:26: override_dh_auto_install] Error 64 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/smartlist-3.15' > make: *** [debian/rules:3: binary] Error 2 > dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status > 2 > > Which looks like the error we see on reproduce.debian.net.
Ok, I bet this is because your /root directory is 700. If you do the same in /tmp it will probably work: cd /tmp apt source --compile smartlist So, it seems that being root is not the problem, but instead the permissions of directories on which you try to build the package. Thanks.

