Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 21839)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 21840)
@@ -200,5 +200,15 @@
 		make distclean
 		./scripts/automakererun.sh
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
+			echo "autoreconf failed!"
+			exit 1
+		fi
 		eval "./configure $ISSM_CONFIG"
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
+			echo "ISSM configuration failed (see options below)"
+			echo $ISSM_CONFIG
+			echo "ISSM configuration failed!"
+			exit 1
+		fi
 	fi