1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/man.c b/miscutils/man.c
index fb96cae02..6f74b5aaa 100644
--- a/miscutils/man.c
+++ b/miscutils/man.c
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ static char **add_MANPATH(char **man_path_list, int *count_mp, char *path)
         if (path) while (*path) {
                 char *next_path;
                 char **path_element;
-
 #if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+                char save;
+
                 next_path = (char *)next_path_sep(path);
 #else
                 next_path = strchr(path, ':');
@@ -208,6 +209,9 @@ static char **add_MANPATH(char **man_path_list, int *count_mp, char *path)
                 if (next_path) {
                         if (next_path == path) /* "::"? */
                                 goto next;
+#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+                        save = *next_path;
+#endif
                         *next_path = '\0';
                 }
                 /* Do we already have path? */
@@ -226,7 +230,11 @@ static char **add_MANPATH(char **man_path_list, int *count_mp, char *path)
                 if (!next_path)
                         break;
                 /* "path" may be a result of getenv(), be nice and don't mangle it */
+#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+                *next_path = save;
+#else
                 *next_path = ':';
+#endif
  next:
                 path = next_path + 1;
         }