Re: cygwin make reporting "multiple target patterns" issue

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 2/19/2014 3:41 PM, Eddie Wang wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I can build project OK with "make" command but failed on second build
> without running "make clean". Checked with web and noticed that removing
> previously create obj directory will resolve the issue. However, this is not
> the solution for make command. If only one file is changed, second build
> should carry on to recompile this changed file only. This will save a lot of
> time for not rebuild everything from scratch.
>
> Does anyone know any solution to it or if I need to download some
> particular patch or version of Cygwin?

Upgrading Cygwin to the current version is always recommended.  It may
or may not help in any particular situation but it makes sure that your
working off the current stuff that can more easily be debugged.

The problem you describe isn't something that's been reported to this
list.  Given that the symptoms you report would indicate a very broken
make, it's unlikely that we wouldn't have heard about it before now.
So I think the best way for us to help you understand how to get your
environment working properly is for you to send to the list a small
example of a case that doesn't work for you and a description of how
to reproduce it.  Then, others here can try to reproduce your problem
and can see exactly what you're doing.  cygcheck output will be helpful
too.  See the link below for more details on providing cygcheck output
and what a good problem report includes.

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