From 42241f76585c2b2c192b209bee80f96e8ec22055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Alkin <anton.alkin@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:08:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix plugin paths handling

---
 core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx b/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx
index 58a86fe47ce0f..e181d51f705d6 100644
--- a/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx
+++ b/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ void TPluginManager::LoadHandlersFromPluginDirs(const char *base)
       }
       if (!skip) {
          if (sbase != "") {
-            const char *p = gSystem->PrependPathName(d, sbase);
+            TString p = sbase;
+            gSystem->PrependPathName(d, p);
             LoadHandlerMacros(p);
          } else {
             void *dirp = gSystem->OpenDirectory(d);