Extract directory creation code to its own subroutine.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/make/common.pm b/make/common.pm
index f5bbedb3f..ea4c2a50c 100644
--- a/make/common.pm
+++ b/make/common.pm
@@ -28,12 +28,22 @@ use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
 use Exporter              qw(import);
+use File::Path            qw(mkpath);
 use File::Spec::Functions qw(rel2abs);
 
-our @EXPORT = qw(get_cpu_count
+our @EXPORT = qw(create_directory
+                 get_cpu_count
                  get_version
                  module_installed);
 
+sub create_directory($$) {
+	my ($location, $permissions) = @_;
+	return eval {
+		mkpath($location, 0, $permissions);
+		return 1;
+	} // 0;
+}
+
 sub get_version {
 	state %version;
 	return %version if %version;
diff --git a/make/console.pm b/make/console.pm
index 4e7b32d49..621de0274 100644
--- a/make/console.pm
+++ b/make/console.pm
@@ -88,12 +88,8 @@ sub prompt_dir($$$;$) {
 		$answer = rel2abs(prompt_string($interactive, $question, $default));
 		$create = prompt_bool($interactive && !-d $answer, "$answer does not exist. Create it?", 'y');
 		if ($create && $create_now) {
-			my $mkpath = eval {
-				mkpath($answer, 0, 0750);
-				return 1;
-			};
-			unless (defined $mkpath) {
-				print_warning "unable to create $answer!\n";
+			unless (create_directory $answer, 0750) {
+				print_warning "unable to create $answer: $!\n";
 				$create = 0;
 			}
 		}