-The Cygwin port consists of a few small tweaks to the original
-Unix sources to deal with DOS-style pathnames, so that LyX can use
-Win32 TeX distros like fptex and MiKTeX. There's also a cygwin TeTeX port,
-but the native Win32 ports have a definite speed advantage. Besides that,
-nothing fancy.
+Two building systems can be used to build lyx on cygwin: the traditional
+autotools (autoconf, automake, make etc), and a scons build system.
+The former is the preferred method and it does not differ from building lyx
+on any typical posix system, so you are referred to the INSTALL file.
+Note that it is not advisable using the cmake build system on cygwin for
+the reasons explained here: http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=10122