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Solved this problem by reinstalling cygwin from a different mirror.  Not an attractive solution, but... 

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From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Racine
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:11 AM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: man goes into an infinite loop

Any ideas on the following very much appreciated...
 
$ man sed
[: missing `]'
usage: addftinfo [-v] [-param value] ... resolution unitwidth font
usage: afmtodit [-mnsvx] [-a angle] [-d DESC] [-e encoding]
       [-i n] afmfile mapfile font
usage: apropos keyword ...
i686
000  0000  ^@   032  0x20       064  0x40  @    096  0x60  `
001  0x01  ^A   033  0x21  !    065  0x41  A    097  0x61  a
002  0x02  ^B   034  0x22  "    066  0x42  B    098  0x62  b
003  0x03  ^C   035  0x23  #    067  0x43  C    099  0x63  c
...................
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Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ...
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ...
POSIX options:          GNU long options:
        -f progfile             --file=progfile
        -F fs                   --field-separator=fs
        -v var=val              --assign=var=val
        -m[fr] val
        -W compat               --compat
        -W copyleft             --copyleft
        -W copyright            --copyright
        -W dump-variables[=file]        --dump-variables[=file]
        -W exec=file            --exec=file
        -W gen-po               --gen-po
        -W help                 --help
        -W lint[=fatal]         --lint[=fatal]
        -W lint-old             --lint-old
        -W non-decimal-data     --non-decimal-data
        -W profile[=file]       --profile[=file]
        -W posix                --posix
        -W re-interval          --re-interval
        -W source=program-text  --source=program-text
        -W traditional          --traditional
        -W usage                --usage
        -W use-lc-numeric       --use-lc-numeric
        -W version              --version
 
To report bugs, see node `Bugs' in `gawk.info', which is section `Reporting Problems and Bugs' in the printed version.
 
gawk is a pattern scanning and processing language.
By default it reads standard input and writes standard output.
 
Examples:
        gawk '{ sum += $1 }; END { print sum }' file
        gawk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd
banner: not enough arguments
Usage: banner [-c X] [-w 80] [--usage] [--version] [--license] A string to print...
c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp
c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp
CGlvCG9uCG49XwhzXwhjXwhyXwhpXwhwXwh0CgogICAgICAgICAgICAgIGFkZCB0aGUgc2NyaXB0
IHRvIHRoZSBjb21tYW5kcyB0byBiZSBleGVjdXRlZAoKICAgICAgIC0ILWYIZiBzY3JpcHQtZmls
ZSwgLQgtLQgtZghmaQhpbAhsZQhlPV8Ic18IY18Icl8IaV8IcF8IdF8ILV8IZl8IaV8IbF8IZQoK
ICAgICAgICAgICAgICBhZGQgdGhlIGNvbnRlbnRzIG9mIHNjcmlwdC1maWxlIHRvIHRoZSBjb21t
...................
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ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBTRUQoMSkK
basename: missing operand
Try `basename --help' for more information.
/usr/bin/bashbug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi
/usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found
/usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report;
/usr/bin/bashbug: type `n' to re-enter the editor.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Do you want to give up? /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found
/usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted.
/usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report;
 

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