[rt.cpan.org #121103] Win32::Job->spawn doesn't search in last PATH entry

[email protected] ("[email protected] via RT") Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:44:48 -0400

Newsgroups	perl.libwin32
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Thu Apr 13 13:44:47 2017: Request 121103 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by [email protected]
       Queue: Win32-Job
     Subject: Win32::Job->spawn doesn't search in last PATH entry
   Broken in: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05
    Severity: Important
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: [email protected]
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121103 >


If the first argument to Win32::Job->spawn doesn't have path separators, it is supposed to search the PATH looking for the executable. However, it won't search in the last PATH entry if the PATH doesn't end with a ';'. 

The problem is the use of "strchr(curr, ';');" in Job.xs. It returns a null pointer when the search value isn't found, and this case isn't handled.