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+Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting
+ FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. 
+ Curl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos,
+ HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, 
+ file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.
+ See /usr/doc/curl-<version>/FEATURES for more info.
+
+cURL (as of 7.9.1) builds 100% cleanly OOTB.
+
+The Cygwin specific source files (README and a Makefile for
+ building binary tarballs) are not in a CYGWIN-PATCHES directory.
+ They are at: <srctop>/packages/Win32/cygwin/
+
+
+Direct Dependencies:
+  OpenSSL 0.9.6b (cURL can be built without SSL support: configure --without-ssl)
+
+
+Canonical Homepage:
+  http://curl.haxx.se/
+
+
+Canonical Download:
+  http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
+
+
+Build Instructions:
+  Download the source, move it to a location of your choosing, and then:
+
+  $ tar xjf curl-<ver>-X-src.tar.bz2
+  $ cd curl-<ver>-X
+  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr 
+  $ make
+  $ make test    # optional, requires perl
+  $ make install # (*)
+
+  (*) LibTool 1.4.2 had a bug related to cygwin's use of ".exe" extensions,
+      such that "make install" blew up at curl.exe. See this URL for details:
+        http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/libtool/2001-September/005549.html
+      The copy of ltmain.sh that is distributed with cURL includes this patch.
+
+
+Packaging Instructions:
+  To create a new binary tarball for cygwin's setup.exe, you must first do a clean
+  build (see above). The 'make install' step is optional of course. Then do:
+
+  $ cd curl-<ver>-X
+  $ CYGBUILD=X make cygwinbin
+
+  where "X" is the cygwin release number (e.g. the "-1" in curl-7.9.3-1).
+  I had some difficulty figuring out how to default CYGBUILD to "1", this may
+  get fixed in a future release.
+
+  Assuming everything worked properly, you'll find your cygwin
+  binary tarball in the curl-<ver>-X/packages/Win32/cygwin/ directory.
+
+
+Cygwin port maintained by: 
+  Kevin Roth <kproth at bigfoot dot com>