Improve capabilities module by detecting /sbin/getcap error message and stop early with a meaningful error message (#10455)
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* modules/capabilities.py: fail & propagate if getcap command error

* Fix comment spacing (pep8)

* Add changelogs fragment for PR 10455

* Update changelogs/fragments/10455-capabilities-improve-error-detection.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: clement rouault <clement.rouault@exatrack.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
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bugfixes:
- capabilities - using invalid path (symlink/directory/...) returned unrelated and incoherent error messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5649, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10455).