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DEPENDENCIES: Add Cygwin as supported platform.
authorCollin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Thu, 2 May 2024 21:22:14 +0000 (14:22 -0700)
committerCollin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Thu, 2 May 2024 21:24:39 +0000 (14:24 -0700)
* DEPENDENCIES: Mention Cygwin as a supported platform for building
Windows binaries.

ChangeLog
DEPENDENCIES

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+2024-05-02  Collin Funk  <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
+
+       DEPENDENCIES: Add Cygwin as supported platform.
+       * DEPENDENCIES: Mention Cygwin as a supported platform for building
+       Windows binaries.
+
 2024-05-02  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        doc: Add appendix about Gnulib history.
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     https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
   + Download:
     https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
+
+
+Prerequisites needed on specific platforms
+==========================================
+
+Prerequisites on Windows
+------------------------
+
+* Cygwin
+  + Required.
+    Provides a POSIX-like environment and binary packages necessary to
+    build and run software. Native Windows binaries can be built with
+    a packaged mingw tool chain. This method is preferred over MSYS2.
+  + Homepage:
+    https://cygwin.com/
+  + Download:
+    https://cygwin.com/install.html