[Xastir] What's the state of Cygwin these days?

[Mark White]

Tom Russo wrote:
> Some time ago, there was a post here that users should hold off updating
> Cygwin, because some big change in the Cygwin packages broke a lot of ports.
> I haven't updated Cygwin since and am unwilling to be the guinea pig (my 
> windows laptop is one I use on search missions, I'm not gonna experiment
> on it).
>
> Has anyone here updated Cygwin lately, and does Xastir still compile and link
> properly?
>
> If xastir does not *NOT* build properly on a current Cygwin, what type of 
> problem is it that is showing up?
>
>   
Version 1.8.2 compiled on my laptop over a fresh install of Cygwin 
approx. 6 weeks ago.  I used lesstiff from the Cygwin archives rather 
than OpenMotif though.

73 de ke4qkt
Mark