From 99245c958d6077217e5e05749b0dd731b4e78d8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Hill <bruce@bruce-hill.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:04:28 -0500
Subject: Bugfix

---
 src/stdlib/paths.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/stdlib/paths.c b/src/stdlib/paths.c
index cbd5e657..9d1fad9c 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/paths.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/paths.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void normalize_inplace(char path[PATH_MAX]) {
             *dest = '\0';
         } else {
             // Otherwise copy over the component and any trailing slash or NUL
-            *(dest++) = '/';
+            if (src > path || path[0] == '/') *(dest++) = '/';
             memcpy(dest, src, component_len);
             dest += component_len;
             *dest = '\0';
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