[publican-list] [Bug 736189] New: Publican should die with a useful message if directory creation fails

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Summary: Publican should die with a useful message if directory creation fails

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736189

           Summary: Publican should die with a useful message if directory
                    creation fails
           Product: Publican
           Version: 2.7
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: unspecified
          Priority: unspecified
         Component: publican
        AssignedTo: jfearn at redhat.com
        ReportedBy: jfearn at redhat.com
         QAContact: rlandman at redhat.com
                CC: mmcallis at redhat.com, publican-list at redhat.com
    Classification: Other
      Story Points: ---
              Type: ---


Description of problem:
Every time Publican creates a directory it should check for success and croak
with a useful message if it fails.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
publican-2.7

How reproducible:
Easy

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cd to a book as a normal user
2. create tmp dir
3. chown root:root tmp
4: run publican build

Actual results:
Weird errors

Expected results:
"Can't create directory $dir $why"

Additional info:

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