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+ALL_DIRS = simulation/src simulation/tex synthesis/src synthesis/tex place_and_route/src place_and_route/tex
+
+
+
+all :
+	@for FILE in $(ALL_DIRS)                ;\
+        do $(MAKE) -C $$FILE                    ;\
+        if [ $$? -ne 0 ]                        ;\
+          then  exit 1                                  ;\
+        fi                                      ;\
+        done
+
+% :
+	@for FILE in $(ALL_DIRS)                ;\
+        do $(MAKE) -C $$FILE  $@                ;\
+        if [ $$? -ne 0 ]                        ;\
+          then  exit 1                                  ;\
+        fi                                      ;\
+        done