Uwin supplies its own posix.dll that is totally separate from the Microsoft one. On Aug 27, 2014 8:50 AM, "Russell Van Zandt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > uwin-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/uwin-users > >
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