fi
echo "Building po/POTFILES.in..."
-make -s -f po/Rules-lyx srcdir=po top_srcdir=. po/POTFILES.in
+if (! make -s -f po/Rules-lyx srcdir=po top_srcdir=. po/POTFILES.in ); then
+ echo "Building po/POTFILES.in failed -- aborting"
+ exit 1
+fi
echo
-echo 'run "./configure ; make"'
+echo 'run "./configure && make"'
echo