Bazel sends host's PATH to remote executor
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Description
### Description of the bug:
Even with the strict action env, the PATH that gets sent to a remote action can be very incorrect. For example, when running on a Windows host and a linux executor, I see `PATH=C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0`.
This results in bash scripts being unable to execute shebangs such as `#!/usr/bin/env bash` as there is no `bash` in the (nonsense) PATH
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
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### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
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### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
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### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
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### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
cc @fmeum
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Research direction
No source file or test is identified. Start by reproducing the Windows-host/Linux-remote-executor case with strict action environment enabled, then trace how PATH is propagated to remote actions. Done means remote actions receive an executor-appropriate PATH and bash shebangs work; add a regression test for the behavior.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100