diff --git a/config/20-makedist-autobuild b/config/20-makedist-autobuild
index be5d611..18af7a9 100755
--- a/config/20-makedist-autobuild
+++ b/config/20-makedist-autobuild
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ SOURCEDIR=/var/makedist
 }
 
 if [ "$RELEASE" ]; then
-  DESTLATESTFILENAME=latest-$RELEASE.inc.js
   SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX="openmamba-$DISTVERSION"
 else
-  DESTLATESTFILENAME=latest.inc.js
   SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX="openmamba"
 fi
 
@@ -102,8 +100,8 @@ function do_makedist() {
 LANGUAGE=${DESTLANGUAGE} ARCH=${DESTARCH} FORCE=${MAKEDIST_FORCE}"
          makedist openmamba PLATFORM=${DESTPLATFORM} SUBPLATFORM=${DESTSUBPLATFORM} \
 LANGUAGE=${DESTLANGUAGE} ARCH=${DESTARCH} FORCE=${MAKEDIST_FORCE} || {
-            echo "Error building openmamba ${DESTPRODUCTNAME} medium; aborting."
-            exit 1
+            echo "Error building openmamba ${DESTPRODUCTNAME} medium; skipping."
+            return 255
          }
 	 DIST_CREATED=1
       fi
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ LANGUAGE=${DESTLANGUAGE} ARCH=${DESTARCH} FORCE=${MAKEDIST_FORCE} || {
    DESTMD5=`cat $DESTMD5 | gawk '{ print $1 }'`
    DESTBUILDDATE=`stat -c %y $SOURCEIMG`
 
-   cat > $DESTDIR/$DESTLATESTFILENAME << _EOF
+   cat >> $DESTDIR/$DESTLATESTFILENAME << _EOF
 nameArray['$DESTPRODUCTNAME-$RELEASETAG-$DESTLANGUAGE-$DESTARCH']='$DESTNAME';
 pathArray['$DESTPRODUCTNAME-$RELEASETAG-$DESTLANGUAGE-$DESTARCH']='/download.html?file=$DESTBASEURL/$DESTPRODUCTNAME/$DESTLANGUAGE/';
 sizeArray['$DESTPRODUCTNAME-$RELEASETAG-$DESTLANGUAGE-$DESTARCH']='$DESTSIZE';
@@ -239,7 +237,16 @@ _EOF
    #>> $tempfile.$5
 
    DIST_DWD="<select style=\"float:right;width:150px;align:right;\" onchange=\"window.location=this.value;\"><option value="/">$selecttext</option>"
+   DIST_CREATED=
+
    for l in ${MEDIA_LANGUAGES[$m]}; do
+      if [ "$RELEASE" ]; then
+         latest=`ls $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/latest-is-$DISTVERSION-*.txt 2>/dev/null| sed "s/.*latest-is-$DISTVERSION-\(.*\)\.txt/\1/"`
+         DESTLATESTFILENAME=latest-$latest.inc.js
+      else
+         DESTLATESTFILENAME=latest.inc.js
+      fi
+      > $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/$DESTLATESTFILENAME
       case $l in
          it) mediumlang="italiano" ;;
          es) mediumlang="espa&ntilde;ol" ;;
@@ -253,19 +260,17 @@ _EOF
             *) archtext="unknown" ;;
          esac
          DESTNAME=$DESTIMGFILEPREFIX-$PRODNAME-$l-${MEDIUMTAG}.${a}.${MEDIUMSUFFIX}
-         [ "$CRON_DEBUG" = "1" ] && \
-            echo "do_makedist_and_html: calling do_makedist \"$SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX-$PRODNAME-$l.${a}.${MEDIUMSUFFIX}\" \"$DESTNAME\" \"${l}\" \"${MEDIUMPLATFORM}\" \"${MEDIUMSUBPLATFORM}\" \"$PRODNAME\" \"${a}\""
-         do_makedist "$SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX-$PRODNAME-$l.${a}.${MEDIUMSUFFIX}" "$DESTNAME" "${l}" "${MEDIUMPLATFORM}" "${MEDIUMSUBPLATFORM}" "$PRODNAME" "${a}"
-         DIST_CREATED=$?
-         if [ "$RELEASE" ]; then
-            latest=`ls $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/latest-is-$DISTVERSION-*.txt 2>/dev/null| sed "s/.*latest-is-$DISTVERSION-\(.*\)\.txt/\1/"`
-            cat $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/latest-$latest.inc.js >> $tempfile2
-         else
-            cat $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/$DESTLATESTFILENAME >> $tempfile2
+         if [ "$DIST_CREATED" != "255" ]; then
+            # in case of previous build error (255) skipping building target for other langs and archs
+            [ "$CRON_DEBUG" = "1" ] && \
+               echo "do_makedist_and_html: calling do_makedist \"$SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX-$PRODNAME-$l.${a}.${MEDIUMSUFFIX}\" \"$DESTNAME\" \"${l}\" \"${MEDIUMPLATFORM}\" \"${MEDIUMSUBPLATFORM}\" \"$PRODNAME\" \"${a}\""
+            do_makedist "$SOURCEIMGFILEPREFIX-$PRODNAME-$l.${a}.${MEDIUMSUFFIX}" "$DESTNAME" "${l}" "${MEDIUMPLATFORM}" "${MEDIUMSUBPLATFORM}" "$PRODNAME" "${a}"
+            DIST_CREATED=$?
          fi
          DIST_DWD="$DIST_DWD<option value=\"/download.html?file=$DESTBASEURL/$PRODNAME/$l/$DESTNAME\">${mediumlang} $fortext $archtext</option>"
 #         DIST_DWD="$DIST_DWD <a href=\"/download.html?file=$DESTBASEURL/$PRODNAME/$l/$DESTNAME\">${l}-${a}</a>"
       done
+      cat $DESTBASEDIR/$PRODNAME/$l/$DESTLATESTFILENAME >> $tempfile2
    done
    DIST_DWD="$DIST_DWD</select>"
    DIST_LINE="<a href=\"/distribution/media/${MEDIA_NAME[$m]}.html?lang=${HTMLLANG}\">${MEDIA_NAME[$m]}</a>"
@@ -289,12 +294,13 @@ _EOF
    chmod +r $DESTHTML
    if [ "$DIST_CREATED" = "1" ]; then
       # snapshots
-      makedist-announcement --send-email $DISTVERSION $PRODNAME
+      makedist-announcement --rebuild-announcement --send-email $DISTVERSION $PRODNAME
    elif [ "$RELEASEPLATFORM" = "$MEDIUMPLATFORM" -a \
          "$RELEASESUBPLATFORM" = "$MEDIUMSUBPLATFORM" ]; then
       # stable
-      makedist-announcement --send-test-email $DISTVERSION $PRODNAME
+      makedist-announcement --rebuild-announcement --send-test-email $DISTVERSION $PRODNAME
    fi
+   return $DIST_CREATED
 }
 
 releasetempfile=`tempfile 2>/dev/null` || releasetempfile=/tmp/makedist_tmpfile
@@ -359,10 +365,12 @@ for i in `seq 0 $ALLMEDIASLAST`; do
       done
 
       # build all media and create html page of language ${l}
-      [ "$latest" -o ! "$SIMULATE" -o "$RELEASE" ] &&
+      [ "$latest" -o ! "$SIMULATE" -o "$RELEASE" ] && {
          do_makedist_and_html \
             $medium_suffix $RELEASETAG \
             $PLATFORM "$SUBPLATFORM" ${l} $PRODUCT_NAME ${i}
+         [ $? -eq 255 ] && break
+      }
    done
 done