From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:44:56 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [SV 63638] Fix processing PATH on MS-Windows
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[SV 63638] Fix processing PATH on MS-Windows

* src/variable.c (sync_Path_environment): Pass only the value of
PATH to convert_Path_to_windows32, excluding the "PATH=" part.
---

diff --git a/src/variable.c b/src/variable.c
index 7b625aee..259093f8 100644
--- a/src/variable.c
+++ b/src/variable.c
@@ -2005,8 +2005,10 @@ sync_Path_environment ()
   if (!path)
     return;
 
-  /* Convert PATH into something WINDOWS32 world can grok.  */
-  convert_Path_to_windows32 (path, ';');
+  /* Convert the value of PATH into something WINDOWS32 world can grok.
+    Note: convert_Path_to_windows32 must see only the value of PATH,
+    and see it from its first character, to do its tricky job.  */
+  convert_Path_to_windows32 (path + CSTRLEN ("PATH="), ';');
 
   environ_path = path;
   putenv (environ_path);