playground refactor: Dgit.pm: fresh_playground: Improve error message

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/Debian/Dgit.pm b/Debian/Dgit.pm
index 3abb1748949255e11e5eb32e40ee77afb36c37bc..c4a61af1f081b62f21938ac86783a0deef000286 100644 (file)
--- a/Debian/Dgit.pm
+++ b/Debian/Dgit.pm
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ sub fresh_playground ($) {
     my ($spc) = @_;
     $spc = ensure_a_playground_parent $spc;
     rmtree $spc;
-    mkdir $spc or die "$spc $!";
+    mkdir $spc or fail "failed to mkdir the playground $spc: $!";
     return $playground = $spc;
 }