diff -r 2dfea349d307 -r d48c03998dc1 scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Tue Jan 03 22:57:25 2012 +0100
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Tue May 08 18:31:10 2012 +0200
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@
         fi
         if [ ${do_it} -eq 1 ]; then
             ( do_${step} )
+            # POSIX 1003.1-2008 does not say if "set -e" should catch a
+            # sub-shell ending with !0. bash-3 does not, while bash-4 does,
+            # so the following line is for bash-3; bash-4 would choke above.
+            [ $? -ne 0 ]
             if [ "${CT_STOP}" = "${step}" ]; then
                 do_stop=1
             fi