Wrapper uses <unistd.h>, which doesn't exist on Windows

[pragmattica]

I'm attempting to install "python-sasl" on Windows (Python 2.7.10), using Visual C++ for Python and the Cyrus sasl library.

I've already installed stdint.h from msinttypes.googlecode.com and Cyrus sasl 2.1.25 from ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.25.tar.gz. Installing these two sets of include files eliminated some errors, but now I've gotten to an error that's not so easy to resolve:

C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Isasl -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC /Tpsasl/saslwrapper.cpp /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sasl/saslwrapper.obj
saslwrapper.cpp
C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Include\xlocale(342) : warning C4530: C++ exception handler used, but unwind semantics are not enabled. Specify /EHsc
sasl/saslwrapper.cpp(25) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory

Is there a proper way to install python-sasl on Windows, or is it just not supported at the moment?

[toddlipcon]

I've never tried it, and not aware of anyone using it. But, that doesn't mean it's impossible :) If you come up with a patch that fixes it, wrapped in suitable #ifdefs so it still works on Linux, happy to merge it.

[klegall]

I have the same original issue except that I have no idea how to fix it:

sasl-0.1.3\sasl\saslwrapper.h(20) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdint.h': No
such file or directory
error: command 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl
.exe' failed with exit status 2

Any ideas on how to solve this?

[guochenglai]

did any one solved this problem i have the same problem