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From: bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at (Bernd Petrovitsch)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:29:24 +0100
Subject: Recursive Makefile howto
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On Fre, 2012-01-27 at 10:02 +0100, Kristof Provost wrote:
[...]
> Try something like this instead:
> 
> build:
>         for d in $(DIRS) ; \
>         do \
>                 $(MAKE) -C $$d $@ || exit $? ; \
>         done

Or 

build:
        set -e; for d in $(DIRS); \
        do \
                $(MAKE) -C $$d $@; \
        done

Read bash' manual page for what "set -e" does.

	Bernd
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