Re: cat.exe failing silently with exit status 3

[Chris Wagner <wagnerc at plebeian dot com>]

Thanks for the responses.

The uname output was already in my attachment.  I executed cat as 
/usr/bin/cat.exe.  Cygcheck cat is also in my original attachment.

I attached the cygcheck -svr.  The other Cygwin installations referenced 
are from my debugging and are not active.  The missing Perl files are 
erroneous because I'm still on 5.22.4.

The only "new" file is 
usr/share/doc/groff/examples/mom/elvis_syntax.new.


$ stat /usr/bin/cat.exe
  File: /usr/bin/cat.exe
  Size: 34323           Blocks: 36         IO Block: 65536  regular file
Device: 642be7bah/1680598970d   Inode: 3659174697303481  Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (197610/ wagnerc)   Gid: (197121/    
None)
Access: 2019-03-26 19:19:34.495208400 -0400
Modify: 2017-02-03 14:40:48.000000000 -0500
Change: 2019-03-26 19:19:34.495208400 -0400
 Birth: 2019-03-26 19:19:34.495208400 -0400



$ file /usr/bin/cat.exe
/usr/bin/cat.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

I have one postinstall error that is due to cat not working.
2019/03/26 19:19:46 running: C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile 
"/etc/postinstall/crypto-policies.sh"
Couldn't read current profile
2019/03/26 19:19:46 abnormal exit: exit code=1


Here is a comparison of cygcheck cat and tac.

$ cygcheck -v cat
Found: C:\cygwin64\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin64\bin\cat.exe
C:\cygwin64\bin\cat.exe - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
  C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
    "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-03-16 10:50
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
      "KERNEL32.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 02:36
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:58
      C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "KERNELBASE.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 02:34
        C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-IO-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 
sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-IO-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ThreadPool-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ThreadPool-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Misc-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Misc-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Localization-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Localization-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
Warning: 
C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll 
- os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 
ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Fibers-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Fibers-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Security-Base-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Security-Base-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
    C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
  C:\cygwin64\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
    "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2016-10-23 07:17
    C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
    C:\cygwin64\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
      "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2015-02-20 17:07
      C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
      C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
  C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)

wagnerc@applejack /
$ cygcheck -v tac
Found: C:\cygwin64\bin\tac.exe
Found: C:\cygwin64\bin\tac.exe
C:\cygwin64\bin\tac.exe - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
  C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
    "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-03-16 10:50
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
      "KERNEL32.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 02:36
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-RtlSupport-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:58
      C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "KERNELBASE.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 02:34
        C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessThreads-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Heap-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Memory-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Handle-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Synch-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-File-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-IO-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 img=6.1 
sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-IO-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ThreadPool-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ThreadPool-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-LibraryLoader-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-NamedPipe-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Misc-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Misc-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-SysInfo-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Localization-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Localization-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
Warning: 
C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll 
- os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ProcessEnvironment-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 
ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-String-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Debug-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll 
hides C:\Program 
Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll - 
os=6.1 img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-ErrorHandling-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 
01:54
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Fibers-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Fibers-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:54
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Util-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
Warning: C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll hides 
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Core-Profile-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
      C:\Windows\system32\API-MS-Win-Security-Base-L1-1-0.dll - os=6.1 
img=6.1 sys=6.1
        "API-MS-Win-Security-Base-L1-1-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-09 01:55
    C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
  C:\cygwin64\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
    "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2016-10-23 07:17
    C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
    C:\cygwin64\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2
      "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2015-02-20 17:07
      C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
      C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
  C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)




Thanks.

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