1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erlang.mk b/erlang.mk
index a402f01..af38583 100644
--- a/erlang.mk
+++ b/erlang.mk
@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ PKG_FILE_URL ?= https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ninenines/erlang.mk/master/pac
 deps:: $(ALL_DEPS_DIRS)
 	@for dep in $(ALL_DEPS_DIRS) ; do \
 		if [ -f $$dep/GNUmakefile ] || [ -f $$dep/makefile ] || [ -f $$dep/Makefile ] ; then \
-			$(MAKE) -C $$dep ; \
+			$(MAKE) -C $$dep || exit $$? ; \
 		else \
-			echo "include $(CURDIR)/erlang.mk" | ERLC_OPTS=+debug_info $(MAKE) -f - -C $$dep ; \
+			echo "ERROR: No makefile to build dependency $$dep. Consider adding it to AUTOPATCH." ; \
+			exit 1 ; \
 		fi ; \
 	done