Latest update broke fortune

Michael Kairys mkairys@mediaone.net
Wed Dec 13 06:03:00 GMT 2000


Now, I know not everyone depends on fortune to start the day the way I do
(:-)

Seriously, I bring this up because it seems strange and may be symptomatic
of something important.

I'm sorry I can't be specific about what "latest update" means. I have
gotten the habit of running the GUI setup on a regular basis to catch
whatever updates there are. When I noticed this behavior I went back to my
last tape backup which was back in October and verified that the behavior
wasn't there; then I updated that installation and it appeared again.

The behavior is:

fortune	does nothing
fortune -f	does nothing
fortune --	seems to behave as 'fortune' with no arguments
fortune -a, -e, -l, -m, -n appear to work normally

Here is my cygcheck output:


Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Dec 13 09:02:55 2000

WinNT Ver 5.0 build 2195 Service Pack 1

Path:	.
	/local/bin
	/local/perl/bin
	/bin
	/contrib/bin
	/gms/bin
	/programs/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/msdev98/bin
	/programs/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/bin
	/winnt
	/winnt/system32

SysDir: D:\WINNT\System32
WinDir: D:\WINNT

PWD = `/users/Michael'
HOME = `/users/Michael'

NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
USERDRIVE = `E:'
MASTER = `/sun/m60_master'
LOGONSERVER = `\\KAIRYS'
OS2LIBPATH = `D:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll'
BITMAPS = `/gms/work/gmsrun/BITMAPS'
LOCAL = `E:\LOCAL'
COMSPEC = `D:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
PAGER = `/bin/less'
XM = `/gms/work/smsxm'
TEST = `E:\USERS\Michael\Work\Test'
SYSTEMDRIVE = `D:'
HISTFILE = `/tmp/.bash_history'
HOSTNAME = `KAIRYS'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0703'
HISTFILESIZE = `0'
INCLUDE = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE;D:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE;D:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual Studio\VC98\ATL\INCLUDE'
MSDEVDIR = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\msdev98'
PALETTES = `/gms/work/gmsrun/PALETTES'
PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.PL;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
CONT = `/gms/work/controls'
COMPUTERNAME = `KAIRYS'
CLASSPATH = `D:\Program Files\Adobe\PhotoDeluxe\AdobeConnectables'
WINDIR = `D:\WINNT'
MINI = `/gms/work/minidraw_mfc'
MSCOMDIR = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common'
MSVCDIR = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98'
USERPROFILE = `D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys'
NASA = `/gms/work2/nasadraw'
DRAWX = `/gms/work/gmsdraw'
SUNS = `sl620 sl629'
QA = `/gms/qatest/gmsdraw60'
GISMOS = `/gms/work/gmsrun/GISMOS'
PROGRAMFILES = `D:\Program Files'
NEW = `/gms/work/smsnew'
VISUAL = `/bin/vi'
DRAW = `/gms/work/gmsdraw_mfc'
ETC = `E:\USERS\Michael\Etc'
MFCC = `/gms/work/mfc_common'
GAMES = `F:\GAMES'
LS_COLORS = `ex=31:di=01;34:ln=04'
HISTCONTROL = `ignoreboth'
MACHTYPE = `i686-pc-cygwin'
NT = `/gms/work/smsnt'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel'
TASKS = `E:\USERS\Michael\Work\Tasks'
WORK = `E:\USERS\Michael\Work'
OS = `Windows_NT'
MODELS = `/gms/work/gmsrun/MODELS'
GMS_HOME = `E:\GMS'
GWS = `/gms/src/gwsnt'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
TEMP = `/tmp'
BACKUP = `F:\BACKUP'
EDITOR = `E:\LOCAL\EDITORS\UEDIT\uedit32.exe'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6'
SYSTEMROOT = `D:\WINNT'
NETD = `/gms/work2/netdraw_mfc'
MAP = `/gms/work/smsmap'
TEDC = `/gms/work2/b_tnet_common/mapview_common'
TMP = `/tmp'
HOMEDRIVE = `E:'
LIB = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\LIB;D:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MFC\LIB'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = `D:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
SHLVL = `1'
DIFF = `E:\LOCAL\utils\wincmp\wincmp.exe'
APPDATA = `D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys\Application Data'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `D:\Program Files\Common Files'
HOMEPATH = `\USERS\Michael'
USERDOMAIN = `KAIRYS'
USERNAME = `michael'
SHELL = `/bin/sh'
TED = `/gms/work2/tedit_mfc'
TEDM = `/gms/work2/b_tnet_mfc'
HOSTTYPE = `i686'
CDPATH = `.:/users/Michael/Work:/gms/work:/gms/work2'
OSTYPE = `cygwin'
TERM = `cygwin'
DRAWC = `/gms/work/gmsdraw_mfc_common'
_ = `/bin/cygcheck'
TZ = `EST5EDT4,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Productions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Productions\Password Corral
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Productions\Password Corral\michael
  (default) = `uqdp+iwXnRxtU-Qfz4CWy#YMQPgEwK2vJguEoaRjr-P.'
  MajorVersion = `3'
  MinorVersion = `4'
  MainWindowLeft = `556'
  MainWindowTop = `401'
  MainWindowWidth = `487'
  MainWindowHeight = `397'
  Column1Width = `200'
  Column2Width = `85'
  Column3Width = `115'
  Column4Width = `75'
  LastUsed = `01/07/2000'
  ListHeight = `217'
  AlwaysOnTop = `0'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Productions\Password Corral\Options
  (default) = `1'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = `/cygdrive'
  cygdrive flags = 0x00000020
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = `E:\LOCAL\Cygwin'
  flags = 0x00000002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/backup
  (default) = `F:\BACKUP'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/dell
  (default) = `K:'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/desk
  (default) = `D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys\Desktop'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ftp
  (default) = `E:\FTP'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/gms
  (default) = `E:\GMS'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/include
  (default) = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/kits
  (default) = `F:\KITS'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/local
  (default) = `E:\LOCAL'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/media
  (default) = `F:\MEDIA'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/office
  (default) = `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/profile
  (default) = `D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/programs
  (default) = `D:\Program Files'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/reskit
  (default) = `D:\Program Files\Resource Kit'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/slave
  (default) = `J:\m60_slave'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/sun
  (default) = `J:'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/tmp
  (default) = `D:\TEMP'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/users
  (default) = `E:\USERS'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = `E:/LOCAL/Cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x00000002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = `E:/LOCAL/Cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x00000002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/winnt
  (default) = `D:\WINNT'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\D:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\D:\Program
Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\D:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\D:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office
  (default) = `office'
  flags = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00
  (default) = `D:'
  unix = `/'
  fbinary = 0x00000000
  fsilent = 0x00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ftp\Accounts\sourceware.cygnus.com
  (default) = `'
   = `'
  Login Attributes = 0x00000002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrd
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  (default) = (unsupported type)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\1.00.000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Installed Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Installed
Components\E:/LOCAL/Cygwin
  (default) = `20000517'
  bash = `0002.0004'
  binutils = `19990818.0002'
  bison = `0000'
  byacc = `0000'
  bzip = `0000'
  clear = `0001.0000'
  cygwin = `0001.0001.0002'
  dejagnu = `0000'
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  expect = `0000'
  fileutils = `0000'
  findutils = `0000'
  flex = `0000'
  gawk = `0000'
  gcc = `0002.0095.0002.0002'
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  gperf = `0000'
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  groff = `0001.011a.0001'
  gzip = `0000'
  inetutils = `0001.0003.0002.0002'
  less = `0000'
  libpng = `0001.0000.0006.0001'
  login = `0001.0002'
  m = `0000'
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  man = `0001.005g.0002'
  patch = `0000'
  sed = `0003.0002.0001'
  shellutils = `0000'
  tar = `0000'
  tcltk = `0000'
  termcap = `20000618'
  texinfo = `0000'
  textutils = `0000'
  time = `0000'
  zlib = `0001.0001.0003.0001'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup

a:  fd           N/A    N/A
c:  hd  FAT     1019Mb  57% CP    UN           WIN98
d:  hd  NTFS    8675Mb  56% CP CS UN PA FC     SYSTEM
e:  hd  NTFS    7655Mb  60% CP CS UN PA FC     USER
f:  hd  FAT32   8667Mb  59% CP    UN           ARCHIVE
g:  fd           N/A    N/A
h:  cd           N/A    N/A
i:  cd           N/A    N/A
j:  net NTFS    2577Mb  40%          PA
k:  net NTFS   11509Mb  53% CP CS UN PA FC
v:  cd  CDFS      42Mb 100%    CS              BBRIDGE
w:  cd  CDFS     366Mb 100%    CS UN           MAVIS10

D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE  /include  user
textmode
D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys\Desktop  /desk    user    textmode
D:\Documents and Settings\Michael Kairys  /profile  user    textmode
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office  /office  user    textmode
D:\Program Files\Resource Kit  /reskit  user    textmode
E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin  /usr/bin  user    binmode
E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\lib  /usr/lib  user    binmode
D:\Program Files  /programs  user    textmode
E:\LOCAL\Cygwin  /        user    binmode
J:\m60_slave  /slave   user    textmode
F:\BACKUP  /backup  user    textmode
D:\WINNT  /winnt   user    textmode
E:\LOCAL  /local   user    textmode
E:\USERS  /users   user    textmode
F:\MEDIA  /media   user    textmode
D:\TEMP  /tmp     user    textmode
F:\KITS  /kits    user    textmode
E:\FTP  /ftp     user    textmode
E:\GMS  /gms     user    textmode
J:    /sun     user    textmode
K:    /dell    user    textmode

Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\sh.exe

   56k 2000/12/03 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygbz21.0.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/20 18:53
   83k 2000/11/25 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 0:42
   18k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 22:26
   17k 2000/11/30 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
                  "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/29 21:28
   14k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 15:02
   81k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 20:43
   35k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 20:43
   45k 2000/10/22 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 19:06
  119k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 20:58
   53k 2000/11/25 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 0:42
  300k 2000/11/25 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
                  "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 0:40
   35k 2000/11/25 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 0:41
  162k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 20:40
  108k 2000/11/30 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
                  "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/29 21:28
  390k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 20:39
    5k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
   10k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
                  "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 20:39
  243k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 21:14
  623k 2000/12/05 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 20:43
   41k 2000/11/20 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0
sys=4.0
                  "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/19 21:41
   45k 2000/11/20 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/19 21:45
   49k 2000/10/23 E:\LOCAL\Cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 20:22
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                  "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/21 21:00
    Cygwin DLL version info:
        dll major: 1001
        dll minor: 6
        dll epoch: 19
        dll bad signal mask: 19005
        dll old termios: 5
        dll malloc env: 28
        api major: 0
        api minor: 30
        shared data: 3
        dll identifier: cygwin1
        mount registry: 2
        cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        program options name: Program Options
        cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        cygdrive default prefix:
        build date: Tue Nov 21 21:00:16 EST 2000
        shared id: cygwin1S3

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