Cygwin can do this!

Posted Nov 20, 2008 18:02 UTC (Thu) by zooko (guest, #2589)
In reply to: Cygwin can not do this! by khim
Parent article: MinGW and why Linux users should care

Yes, it can. The cygwin gcc compiler accepts an option named "-mno-cygwin". If you pass that option, then it produces a normal Win32 executable which does not require cygwin1.dll.

Here is a HOWTO on how to use it, written in 1999:

http://www.delorie.com/howto/cygwin/mno-cygwin-howto.html