Building biopython 1.30 on Windows with MSCV

I'm trying to build and/or install BioPython 1.30 on Windows XP.

I would guess that since there isn't a Windows installer for Biopython 1.30 
(yet) that most development occurs on linux/unix.

Furthermore, the only instructions in the documentation are for Borland's free 
C++ compiler:

http://www.bioinformatics.org/bradstuff/bp/tut/Tutorial001.html#sec:windows_install

I have Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (MSVC) which I have successfully used to 
compile other python extensions (both a simple install, and creation of a 
windows installation program).

In theory using MSVC 6.0 should actually be easier, but it looks like no-one 
has tried this recently as there is a library problem of some sort.  If I try 
this for BioPython 1.30:

python setup.py bdist_wininst

After a few warnings, it fails here:

building 'Bio.PDB.mmCIF.MMCIFlex' extension
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3
/GX /DNDEBUG -IBio -Ic:\Python23\include -Ic:\Python23\PC 
/TcBio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.c 
/Fobuild\temp.win32-2.3\Release\Bio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.obj
lex.yy.c
Bio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.c(12) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 
'unistd.h': No such file or directory
error: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe"' fail
ed with exit status 2

Before I can too carried away, does anyone on the list have any experience of 
building BioPython on windows?

Thank you

Peter

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