Unable to compile an nginx unit Golang application under Windows

[ritterzk]

Is: When I try to compile a Golang application for nginx unit under Windows I get the following error:

$ CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o myapp cmd/main.go;
# runtime/cgo
linux_syscall.c: In function ‘_cgo_libc_setresgid’:
linux_syscall.c:67:20: error: implicit declaration of function ‘setresgid’; did you mean ‘setregid’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   67 |         SET_RETVAL(setresgid((gid_t) x->args[0], (gid_t) x->args[1],
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~
linux_syscall.c:34:31: note: in definition of macro ‘SET_RETVAL’
   34 |   uintptr_t ret = (uintptr_t) fn ; \
      |                               ^~
linux_syscall.c: In function ‘_cgo_libc_setresuid’:
linux_syscall.c:73:20: error: implicit declaration of function ‘setresuid’; did you mean ‘setreuid’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   73 |         SET_RETVAL(setresuid((uid_t) x->args[0], (uid_t) x->args[1],
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~
linux_syscall.c:34:31: note: in definition of macro ‘SET_RETVAL’
   34 |   uintptr_t ret = (uintptr_t) fn ; \
      |                               ^~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

I found out that the package unit-dev/unit-devel is required for compilation, which is not available for Windows (not even for mingw).

Question: Is there a possibility or is it planned to be able to compile nginx unit Golang projects under Windows without WSL? We have an environment under which WSL is not available.

[tippexs]

Good morning! Thanks for reaching out! Windows is not a supported platform to run Unit but this is an interesting question. The dev packages for Unit contains all the important requirements to build such applications. It will need some investigation on how to do it property on windows. I would recommend using a dev container as WSL is not an option for you.