diff --git a/Installation/release.sh b/Installation/release.sh
index 088abdf673..636f6726d5 100755
--- a/Installation/release.sh
+++ b/Installation/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 TAG=1
 
@@ -14,9 +15,7 @@ fi
 
 VERSION="$1"
 
-git tag | grep -q "^v$VERSION$"
-
-if [ "$?" == 0 ];  then
+if git tag | grep -q "^v$VERSION$";  then
   echo "$0: version $VERSION already defined"
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -32,23 +31,22 @@ echo "$VERSION" > VERSION
 
 cat configure.ac \
   | sed -e 's~AC_INIT(\[\(.*\)\], \[.*\..*\..*\], \[\(.*\)\], \[\(.*\)\], \[\(.*\)\])~AC_INIT([\1], ['$VERSION'], [\2], [\3], [\4\])~' \
-  > configure.ac.tmp \
- || exit 1
+  > configure.ac.tmp
 
 mv configure.ac.tmp configure.ac
 
-./configure --enable-maintainer-mode || exit 1
-make built-sources || exit 1
-make add-maintainer || exit 1
-make add-automagic || exit 1
+./configure --enable-maintainer-mode CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
+make built-sources
+make add-maintainer
+make add-automagic
 
-make || exit 1
-make examples || exit 1
-make swagger || exit 1
+make
+make examples
+make swagger
 
 git add -f Documentation/Examples/*.generated
 
-cd Documentation/Books; make ||exit 1
+cd Documentation/Books; make
 
 case "$TAG" in
   *-alpha*|*-beta*|devel)