title: Unable to build gaia from git in windows. Getting "Makefile:671: recipe for target 'preferences' failed"
body: <p>I am trying to build and deploy a gaia build from git repo in Windows. I am trying to deploy it in অ Flame.
  I am trying to do it in a windows 7 with cygwin installed. After installing everything this is the error I am getting</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3eV8n.png" alt="Makefile:671"></p>
  
  <p>This works just fine in a Linux machine, but I need to do this in Windows since right now I have access to it only.</p>
  
  <p>Any pointers to what I am doing wrong here?</p>