Re: Kernel compilation: make halts with error message "*** target pattern contains no `%'"

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Mar 25 2008 - 14:21:52 EST


On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 04:15:49PM +0100, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Bart Van Assche
> <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When I try to compile the latest git tree
>
> Found the cause: apparently this is what happens when the path
> containing the kernel source tree contains a colon. Renaming the
> kernel source tree directory solved this issue.

Thanks for letting us know.
And using 'colon' in the path is a "don't do that" thing that
we will not try to check for.

Sam
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