Cygwin works fine if I am compiling stuff locally for my own use, but that cygwin1.dll (plus any dependencies) is a problem for distribution. What I usually do

Cygwin works fine if I am compiling stuff locally for my own use, but that cygwin1.dll (plus any dependencies) is a problem for distribution. What I usually do is make sure my code builds with both Cygwin and MingW, and distribute the binaries built with MingW.