Cygwin files

diff --git a/packages/Cygwin/Makefile.am b/packages/Cygwin/Makefile.am
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+EXTRA_DIST = README
+

diff --git a/packages/Cygwin/README b/packages/Cygwin/README
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+cURL (as of 7.9.1) builds completely OOTB. The Cygwin specific files\r
+(README is the only one so far) are located in a non-standard location:\r
+ <srctop>/packages/Cygwin/\r
+\r
+This release (v7.9) includes the patch needed in CYGWIN-PATCHES,\r
+however future releases should eliminate this directory.\r
+\r
+\r
+Direct Dependencies:\r
+  OpenSSL 0.9.6b\r
+\r
+Canonical Homepage:\r
+  http://curl.haxx.se/\r
+\r
+Canonical Download:\r
+  http://curl.haxx.se/download.html\r
+\r
+\r
+Build Instructions:\r
+\r
+  unpack curl-<ver>-X-src.tar.bz2\r
+  cd curl-<ver>\r
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr \r
+  make\r
+  (optionally) make test (*)\r
+  make install (**)\r
+\r
+  (*) until v7.9.1, 'make test' requires Cygwin's mounts set to binmode / Unix\r
+  (**) if you need to bootstrap, make install will require libtool 1.4.3\r
+       (which contains a patch related to the ".exe" extension on curl.exe\r
+\r
+\r
+Cygwin "port" maintained by: Kevin Roth <kproth at bigfoot dot com>\r
+\r