bup-init.md: update after dropping automatic ~/.bup init.

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@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ From source
    In addition to the default CentOS repositories, you may need to add
    RPMForge (for fuse-python) and EPEL (for pyxattr and pylibacl).
 
+   On Cygwin, install python, make, rsync, and gcc4.
+
  - Build the python module and symlinks:
 
         make
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ Binary packages of bup are known to be built for the following OSes:
 Using bup
 ---------
 
+ - Initialize the default BUP_DIR:
+
+        bup init
+
  - Try making a local backup as a tar file:
  
         tar -cvf - /etc | bup split -n local-etc -vv
@@ -256,6 +262,27 @@ Notes on NetBSD/pkgsrc
    anything useful.
 
 
+Notes on Cygwin
+---------------
+
+ - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some entrprising person
+   fixes this, adjust t/compare-trees.
+
+ - In t/test.sh, two tests have been disabled.  These tests check to
+   see that repeated saves produce identical trees and that an
+   intervening index doesn't change the SHA1.  Apparently Cygwin has
+   some unusual behaviors with respect to access times (that probably
+   warrant further investigation).  Possibly related:
+   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-06/msg00436.html
+
+
+Notes on OS X
+-------------
+
+ - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some entrprising person
+   fixes this, adjust t/compare-trees.
+
+
 How it works
 ============