diff -r 8cbc438cc298 -r fab0b8a61dcb librazor/root.c
--- a/librazor/root.c	Thu Feb 16 17:33:47 2012 +0000
+++ b/librazor/root.c	Wed Aug 20 18:57:52 2014 +0100
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 }
 
 RAZOR_EXPORT int
-razor_root_create(const char *root)
+razor_root_create(const char *root, struct razor_error **error)
 {
 	int retval;
 	struct stat buf;
@@ -92,16 +92,12 @@
 		/* root is file system root */
 	} else if (stat(root, &buf) < 0) {
 		if (mkdir(root, 0777) < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr,
-				"could not create install root \"%s\"\n",
-				root);
+			razor_set_error(error, root,
+					"Could not create install root");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "created install root \"%s\"\n", root);
 	} else if (!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"install root \"%s\" exists, but is not a directory\n",
-			root);
+		razor_set_error(error, root, "Not a directory");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -109,8 +105,8 @@
 	path = razor_concat(root, file, NULL);
 	retval = !stat(path, &buf);
 	if (retval) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"a razor install root is already initialized\n");
+		razor_set_error(error, NULL,
+				"A razor install root is already initialized");
 		free(path);
 		free(file);
 		return retval;
@@ -124,7 +120,8 @@
 	free(file);
 	retval = razor_atomic_commit(atomic);
 	if (retval)
-		fprintf(stderr, "could not write initial package set\n");
+		razor_set_error(error, NULL,
+				"Could not write initial package set");
 	razor_set_unref(set);
 	razor_atomic_destroy(atomic);