Index: trunk/doc/release.2015/Makefile.Common
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--- trunk/doc/release.2015/Makefile.Common	(revision 40309)
+++ trunk/doc/release.2015/Makefile.Common	(revision 40564)
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@
 	if [ $(DO_PDFLATEX) -eq 0 ]; then ps2pdf $(PS2PDF_OPTS) $*.ps $*.pdf; fi
 
+%.quick.pdf: %.tex
+# 	need to remove the output pdf file if the latex fails or we cannot re-run
+	$(MY_LATEX) $*.tex || (rm $*.pdf; exit 1)
+	if [ $(DO_PDFLATEX) -eq 0 ]; then dvips -z -t letter -o $*.ps $*.dvi; fi
+	if [ $(DO_PDFLATEX) -eq 0 ]; then ps2pdf $(PS2PDF_OPTS) $*.ps $*.pdf; fi
+
 %.tgz:
 	tar --transform 's%inputs/%%' -zcf $@ $(FILES) $*.bbl