Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/conary", line 1011, in ?
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/bin/conary", line 980, in main
    debugAll=debugAll, cfg=ccfg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/lib/options.py", line 609, in main
    self.runCommand(thisCommand, cfg, argSet, otherArgs, **kw)
  File "/usr/bin/conary", line 949, in runCommand
    argSet, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/lib/options.py", line 612, in runCommand
    thisCommand.runCommand(*args, **kw)
  File "/usr/bin/conary", line 201, in runCommand
    ignoreDeps=ignoreDeps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/build/cook.py", line 1504, in cookCommand
    downloadOnly = downloadOnly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/build/cook.py", line 1405, in cookItem
    downloadOnly = downloadOnly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/build/cook.py", line 379, in cookObject
    downloadOnly = downloadOnly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/build/cook.py", line 763, in cookPackageObject
    downloadOnly = downloadOnly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages//conary/build/cook.py", line 859, in _cookPackageObject
    util.mkdirChain(builddir + '/' + recipeObj.mainDir())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/conary/lib/util.py", line 69, in mkdirChain
    os.mkdir(p)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/root/conary'
[root@ichigo ~]# conary q info-emerge
info-emerge=2-2-0.1
[root@ichigo ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep emerge
emerge:x:70:70:Conary emerge build user:/var/conary/emerge:/sbin/nologin
[root@ichigo ~]# conary q conary
conary=1.0.37-0.1-1