> # 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.

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