> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 18:58:46 +0530
> From: "Satish Somasundaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>      I have an recursive make file to invoke all Makefiles in the
> subdirectories. But i want the execution to stop when we encounter an error
> in any of the sub directories. I thought of using if [ $? -ne 0 ] trap .But
> i belive it wont work, since Makefile already has $? defined for a different
> cause. Can someone help me out with this.
> 
> all:
> 
>            for dir in `$(SUB_DIRS)`; do \
>            $(MAKE) -C $$dir; \
>            done

Does the following (100% untested) modification work?

            for dir in `$(SUB_DIRS)`; do \
            $(MAKE) -C $$dir || (echo "ERROR" && exit 1); \
            done


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