Index: trunk/tools/runchipimfile.pl
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--- trunk/tools/runchipimfile.pl	(revision 33924)
+++ trunk/tools/runchipimfile.pl	(revision 33925)
@@ -110,5 +110,13 @@
 exit 0 if $pretend;
 
-exit system $command;
+my $rc = system $command;
+my $status = $rc >> 8;
+if ($rc) {
+    print STDERR "command failed with $rc $status\n";
+    $status = 1 unless $status;
+} else {
+    print "Successfully rebuilt chip $chip_id $class_id\n";
+}
+exit $status;
 
 
