Hi - > [...] I would prefer to use MinGW instead of Cygwin. For some extra > context, we use the Yocto Project to build our Embedded Linux > images, which can provide a cross compiler toolchain and other host > development tools for Windows using MinGW. [...]
FWIW, I'm not aware of any conflict between these toolsets, to the extent that anything would prevent you from using together some tools built for the mingw runtime, and other tools built for cygwin. - FChE