diff --git a/Make/makedirrules b/Make/makedirrules
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+
+default : $(DIRS)
+	@for f in $(DIRS); do cd $$f; $(MAKE) $@ || exit 1; cd ..; done
+
+$(ALL_TARGETS) :  $(DIRS)
+	@for f in $(DIRS); do cd $$f; $(MAKE) $@ || exit 1; cd ..; done