Cpp executeables only work with roslaunch, not rosrun, how can I fix this

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I have had multiple workspaces/packages that I have been working with, and for a reason I can't explain, as of this morning, executeables built from cpp files only work with roslaunch and not rosrun. Specifically, if called with roslaunch, they can publish/subscribe/everything in realtime as intended, but when I call them with rosrun, even ones that worked before, they do not execute until I hit ctrl-C, where they run once and close. This problem is common across all workspaces and packages therein.

For an example:

grey_pub.cpp: (shortened to include the relevant parts only)

#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <cstdio>

int main(int argc, char** argv){
    printf("Script called");
    ros::init(argc,argv, "grey_pub");
    printf("Node initialized");
    //pub mainobject;
    //printf("Object initialized");
    ros::spin();
    return(0);
}

catkin_make for the workspace:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(odom_reporter)

add_compile_options(-std=c++11)

find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
  roscpp
  rospy
  geometry_msgs
  nav_msgs  
  std_msgs
  message_generation
  image_transport
  cv_bridge 
  sensor_msgs
  opencv_apps
  message_filters
)

find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)

 add_message_files(
   FILES
   IWR.msg
 )

## Generate added messages and services with any dependencies listed here
 generate_messages(
   DEPENDENCIES
   std_msgs
   opencv_apps  # Or other packages containing msgs
 )

catkin_package(
CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime
)

include_directories(
  ${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
  ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)

add_executable (grey_pub scripts/grey_pub.cpp)

target_link_libraries (grey_pub ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

When run, it just hangs endlessly, doing nothing. This was a new script, so although it may not work perfectly the first time, the first line in main is a printf command, and yet nothing happens until I ctrl-C

command line output:

rosrun odom_reporter grey_pub 

^CScript calledNode initializeddechering@dechering-OptiPlex-7440-AIO:~$

As you can see, the print statements only appear AFTER I have called ctrl-C. In addition, in omitted code there are publisher setups, yet when running rqt there is no topic, just rosout.

When running launch files on very similarly structured nodes, the topics set up properly, functions are performed, etc, but when I use rosrun to individually run those same nodes, rqt graph shows no subscriptions, publishers, etc. This seems like a very odd error, and I am at a loss as to why roslaunch/rosrun would handle these differently.

I have already relaunched the roscore/terminal window, re-sourced my devel/setup file, checked my main .bashrc file, restarted the computer even, and the problem persists. Any help anyone can give is much appreciated. I run kinetic on a linux 16.04 system. This is my first time posting on answers.ros.org, so any input on formatting this question is also appreciated.