John the ripper (couldn't compute the FAST_CWD Pointer)

John the ripper (couldn't compute the FAST_CWD Pointer)

[Victor L.]

*Entered in the command:*
zip2john.exe README5.zip > README5.hash

*What I got:*
1 [main] zip2john 17748 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD
pointer.  Please report this problem to
the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

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Re: John the ripper (couldn't compute the FAST_CWD Pointer)

[Erik Soderquist]

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 4:49 PM Victor L.  wrote:
>
> *Entered in the command:*
> zip2john.exe README5.zip > README5.hash
>
> *What I got:*
> 1 [main] zip2john 17748 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD
> pointer.  Please report this problem to
> the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

The really short version is tell however provided zip2john.exe to
update the cygwin dll(s) they are using

https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings

-- Erik

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