Cygwin make error : *** target pattern contains no `%'

Question

I got this error while (re)building, using cygwin make.exe version :3.81.

Error : *** target pattern contains no `%'. 

Answer 1

This error is due to a presence of a ":". Therefore it no longer supports windows paths. You need to download version 3.80 and replace the make.exe in the \bin directory.

Apparently it needs cygintl12.dll too.

Answer 2

• rollback to make 3.80 (Geant4)

  • cd /usr/bin
  • mv make.exe make_381.exe
  • wget http://geant4.cern.ch/support/extras/cygwin/make.exe
  • chmod +x make.exe

• install libintl2 from cygwin setup for the required cygintl-2.dll