[THRIFT-1541] The thrift compiler is not buildable with visual studio 2010 in Windows 7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 0.8
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2
• Component/s: C++ - Compiler
• Labels: compiler vs2010 windows

Environment

Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, gnuwin32 (flex 2.5.4, bison 2.4.1)

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christian Taedcke
• Created: 26/Mar/12 11:22
• Updated: 27/Jul/14 02:52
• Resolved: 25/Jul/14 22:58

Description

The thrift compiler is not buildable in VS2010 using the current solution and project files.
The issues are: 1. No unistd.h in Visual Studio
2. The calls to flex and bison fail, because there is a space between "-o" and its value.

Issue Links

• relates to: THRIFT-1750 Make compiler build cleanly under visual studio 10