% git checkout ubuntu/xenial 
% ./packages/bddeb --release xenial 
Creating a temporary tarball using the 'make-tarball' helper
Extracting temporary tarball 'cloud-init_0.7.8-183-g94f0d3e.orig.tar.gz'
Creating a debian/ folder in '/tmp/tmpb2lhvihc/cloud-init-0.7.8-183-g94f0d3e'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./packages/bddeb", line 254, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "./packages/bddeb", line 220, in main
    pyver=pyver, append_requires=append_requires)
  File "./packages/bddeb", line 77, in write_debian_folder
    util.subp(['cp', '-a', pdeb_d, deb_dir])
  File "/home/rharper/work/git/cloud-init/cloudinit/util.py", line 1836, in subp
    cmd=args)
cloudinit.util.ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command.
Command: ['cp', '-a', '/home/rharper/work/git/cloud-init/packages/debian', '/tmp/tmpb2lhvihc/cloud-init-0.7.8-183-g94f0d3e/debian']
Exit code: 1
Reason: -
Stdout: ''
Stderr: "cp: cannot create directory '/tmp/tmpb2lhvihc/cloud-init-0.7.8-183-g94f0d3e/debian': No such file or directory\n"