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[PR #10455/bd84f654 backport][stable-10] Improve capabilities module by detecting /sbin/getcap error message and stop early with a meaningful error message (#10562)

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Improve capabilities module by detecting /sbin/getcap error message and stop early with a meaningful error message (#10455)

* 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



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(cherry picked from commit bd84f65456)

Co-authored-by: hakril <github@hakril.net>
Co-authored-by: clement rouault <clement.rouault@exatrack.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
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@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ class CapabilitiesModule(object):
if ' =' in stdout:
# process output of an older version of libcap
caps = stdout.split(' =')[1].strip().split()
elif stdout.strip().endswith(")"): # '/foo (Error Message)'
self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to get capabilities of %s" % path, stdout=stdout.strip(), stderr=stderr)
else:
# otherwise, we have a newer version here
# see original commit message of cap/v0.2.40-18-g177cd41 in libcap.git