Repair malformed Seriatim build state directories

tasks/build.yml

@@ -60,6 +60,29 @@
       Seriatim binary path exists but is not a regular file:
       {{ seriatim_binary_path }}. Move the unexpected object before rerunning the role.
 
+- name: Inspect Seriatim build state directory
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ seriatim_build_state_dir }}"
+  register: seriatim_build_state_dir_stat
+
+- name: Remove malformed Seriatim build state directory object
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ seriatim_build_state_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+  when:
+    - seriatim_build_state_dir_stat.stat.exists or
+      (seriatim_build_state_dir_stat.stat.islnk | default(false))
+    - not (seriatim_build_state_dir_stat.stat.isdir | default(false))
+
+- name: Create missing Seriatim build state directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ seriatim_build_state_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+  when: not (seriatim_build_state_dir_stat.stat.isdir | default(false))
+
 - name: Inspect Seriatim build input state
   ansible.builtin.stat:
     path: "{{ seriatim_build_state_dir }}/build-inputs.json"