Microsoft has announced that they will remove most of the Unix support from Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8.1, including the SUA which provides the Posix DLL.
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831568.aspx I discovered on my own 8.1 system that SUA is totally gone, with no option to add it as an optional feature. I mention this because it is my understanding is that UWIN depends on it. Some of the Microsoft text is copied below: Features deprecated starting with Windows Server 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The following features and functionalities are deprecated starting with this release. Eventually, they will be completely removed from the product, but they are still available in this release, sometimes with certain functionality removed. You should begin planning now to employ alternate methods for any applications, code, or usage that depend on these features. Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) is deprecated. If you use the SUA POSIX subsystem with this release, use Hyper-V to virtualize the server. If you use the tools provided by SUA, switch to Cygwin's POSIX emulation, or use either mingw-w64 (available from Sourceforge.net) or MinGW (available from MinGW.org) for doing a native port. Printing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The line printer daemon protocol (LPR/LPD) is deprecated. When this feature is eventually removed, clients that print to a server using this protocol, such as UNIX clients, will not be able to connect or print. Instead, UNIX clients should use IPP. Windows clients can connect to UNIX shared printers using the Windows Standard Port Monitor (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246868for more information). SNMP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SNMP is deprecated. Instead, use the Common Information Model (CIM), which is supported by the WS-Management web services protocol and implemented as Windows Remote Management.
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