pip freeze crashes when PATH is incorrect

[zsimic]

Description

pip freeze crashes if PATH environment variable references an existing file.

Expected behavior

pip freeze should work, even if PATH has an incorrect reference to a file.

pip version

24.0

Python version

3.11.8

OS

macos

How to Reproduce

Run:

PATH=$PATH:/bin/ls .venv/bin/pip freeze

Output

... stack trace
  File ".../subprocess.py", line 1863, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
NotADirectoryError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: 'hg'

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[uranusjr]

Needs a lot more information in that stack trace you omitted.