@@ -60,5 +60,13 @@
 # the person compiling the library. the first argument should be
 # an ansi format string; this is used to color-code the tool being
 # launched and thus should be different for each one.
 
-report() { announce $@; $@; }
+report() {
+	announce $@; $@;
+	status=$?
+	if test $status -ne 0; then
+		args=($@)
+		say "process ${args[0]} failed with status code $status"
+		exit $status
+	fi
+}