diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 990bed864..63b469716 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ before_install:
  - if [[ "$TARGET_BOX" == "LINUX32" ]]; then sudo apt-get install -qq  gcc-multilib gfortran-multilib; fi
 
 script: 
+ - set -e
  - make QUIET_MAKE=1 DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 TARGET=NEHALEM NUM_THREADS=32 $BTYPE
  - if [ "$TARGET_BOX" == "LINUX32" ] || [ "$TARGET_BOX" == "LINUX64" ]; then make -C test DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 TARGET=NEHALEM NUM_THREADS=32 $BTYPE; fi
  - if [ "$TARGET_BOX" == "LINUX32" ] || [ "$TARGET_BOX" == "LINUX64" ]; then make -C ctest DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 TARGET=NEHALEM NUM_THREADS=32 $BTYPE; fi
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5aa10b2c3..9ba2bffb3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,20 +83,20 @@ shared :
 ifndef NO_SHARED
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), $(filter $(OSNAME),Linux SunOS))
 	@$(MAKE) -C exports so
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so.$(MAJOR_VERSION)
+	@ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
+	@ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so.$(MAJOR_VERSION)
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), FreeBSD)
 	@$(MAKE) -C exports so
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
+	@ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), NetBSD)
 	@$(MAKE) -C exports so
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
+	@ln -fs $(LIBSONAME) $(LIBPREFIX).so
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), Darwin)
 	@$(MAKE) -C exports dyn
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBDYNNAME) $(LIBPREFIX).dylib
+	@ln -fs $(LIBDYNNAME) $(LIBPREFIX).dylib
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), WINNT)
 	@$(MAKE) -C exports dll