bash's builtin "test" command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Brian J. Johnson wrote:
> I've encountered an odd problem installing cygwin on Windows Server 2003 
> R2, Enterprise x64 edition.  This is a default installation of cygwin 
> from yesterday on a fresh Windows installation on a Xen VM hosted by 
> SLES10SP1.
> 
> The installer runs normally, but most of the postinstall scripts fail. I 
> eventually traced the problem to a failure with bash's builtin "test" 
> and "[" commands.
> 
> If I run a basic "test" command like this:
> 
>   $ test -e /
> 
> then the shell simply exits, without printing any error messages.  There 
> are no errors reported in the Windows error log.  If I try this:
> 
>   $ test -e / ; echo hi
> 
> then the shell exits without echoing, and without printing any error 
> messages.  If I use the external test command:
> 
>   $ /bin/test -e / ; echo hi
> 
> then "hi" is echoed as expected.  This happens with almost all arguments 
>  to "test" that I've tried... even "test 1" kills the shell in the same 
> way.  However, just "test" with no arguments doesn't trigger the problem.
> 
> Cygwin1.dll and bash from various time periods fail in the same way. 
> Cygwin versions which work on other machines with other versions of 
> Windows fail on this machine.  So it appears to be an issue with this 
> particular Windows installation.
> 
> Any suggestions on what to try?  I see from the mailing list that others 
> have cygwin working on Windows Server 2003 64-bit.
> 
> Cygcheck output is below.  Strace output available on request.  (Note 
> that cygcheck shows Microsoft's SUA is installed.  It failed the same 
> way before and after I installed SUA.)
> 
> Thanks,

What does 'type -a test' say?  Are you sure you're not getting something
from SUA?

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