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2016-12-31 11:55:15 -0600 asked a question Error building OpenCV 3.2 on Windows - missing unistd.h

I'm trying to build the latest version of OpenCV with CUDA and extra modules using CMake. I want CMake to generate a solution for Visual Studio 2017 Community RC so I'm calling CMake with -G "Visual Studio 15 2017". CMake fails in the configuration step, though, giving me the following output in CMakeError.log:

Build started 12/31/2016 5:46:35 PM.

Project "C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_aa5bd.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).

PrepareForBuild:

  Creating directory "cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\".

  Creating directory "C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\Debug\".

  Creating directory "cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\cmTC_aa5bd.tlog\".

InitializeBuildStatus:

  Creating "cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\cmTC_aa5bd.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.

ClCompile:

  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.24728\bin\HostX86\x64\CL.exe /c /Zi /W3 /WX- /diagnostics:classic /MP4 /Od /Ob0 /Oi /D WIN32 /D _WINDOWS /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /D _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D _DEBUG /D "CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /D _MBCS /Gm- /RTC1 /MDd /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo"cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\\" /Fd"cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\vc141.pdb" /Gd /TC /errorReport:queue  /bigobj "C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c"

  Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.10.24728 for x64

  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.



  cl /c /Zi /W3 /WX- /diagnostics:classic /MP4 /Od /Ob0 /Oi /D WIN32 /D _WINDOWS /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /D _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D _DEBUG /D "CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /D _MBCS /Gm- /RTC1 /MDd /GS /Gy /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo"cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\\" /Fd"cmTC_aa5bd.dir\Debug\vc141.pdb" /Gd /TC /errorReport:queue  /bigobj "C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c"

  CheckIncludeFile.c



C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c(1): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory [C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_aa5bd.vcxproj]

Done Building Project "C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_aa5bd.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.



Build FAILED.



"C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_aa5bd.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->

(ClCompile target) -> 

  C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CheckIncludeFile.c(1): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory [C:\Libs\Temp\opencv-3.2\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_aa5bd.vcxproj]



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It seems it is looking for unistd.h, not finding it since it is a Unix library. I have found a similar question here, but it is a bit old and unanswered. Am I missing something or is it a bug in the source code as suggested in the previously asked question?

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