Potential issue with MPPPath in Windows
I was working on our GitHub CI (update from Temurin 11 to Corretto 17) and noticed our Windows runner was failing in some tests for our `api` module:
```
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0241174Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldCorrectlyDetectAbsolutePaths()[jvm] FAILED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0253559Z org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError: Expected value to be true.
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0254184Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0256276Z 11 tests completed, 4 failed
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0256977Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionUtils.fail(AssertionUtils.java:38)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0257951Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail(Assertions.java:138)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0258878Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.fail(JUnitSupport.kt:56)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0259803Z at app//kotlin.test.Asserter$DefaultImpls.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:694)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0260768Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertTrue(JUnitSupport.kt:30)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0261758Z at app//kotlin.test.Asserter$DefaultImpls.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:704)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0263005Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertTrue(JUnitSupport.kt:30)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0264812Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:44)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0268645Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertTrue(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0269584Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertTrue$default(Assertions.kt:42)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0270435Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertTrue$default(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0271559Z at app//org.islandoftex.arara.api.files.MPPPathTest.shouldCorrectlyDetectAbsolutePaths(MPPPathTest.kt:17)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0272325Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0272591Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldDetermineParentCorrectly()[jvm] FAILED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0273663Z org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError: expected: <D:\a\arara\arara\api> but was: <D:>
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0275257Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionFailureBuilder.build(AssertionFailureBuilder.java:151)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0276802Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionFailureBuilder.buildAndThrow(AssertionFailureBuilder.java:132)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0277975Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertEquals.failNotEqual(AssertEquals.java:197)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0278962Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertEquals.assertEquals(AssertEquals.java:182)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0279904Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals(Assertions.java:1156)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0280820Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertEquals(JUnitSupport.kt:32)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0281668Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertEquals(Assertions.kt:63)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0282809Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertEquals(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0288573Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertEquals$default(Assertions.kt:62)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0289417Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertEquals$default(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0290918Z at app//org.islandoftex.arara.api.files.MPPPathTest.shouldDetermineParentCorrectly(MPPPathTest.kt:51)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0292248Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0293485Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldNotClassifyRelativeAsAbsolutePaths()[jvm] PASSED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0294093Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0294350Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldNormalizeDots()[jvm] PASSED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0295210Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0295489Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldConsiderRootAbsolute()[jvm] FAILED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0296251Z org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError: Expected value to be true.
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0297076Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionUtils.fail(AssertionUtils.java:38)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0298130Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail(Assertions.java:138)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0298916Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.fail(JUnitSupport.kt:56)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0301581Z at app//kotlin.test.Asserter$DefaultImpls.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:694)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0303025Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertTrue(JUnitSupport.kt:30)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0303905Z at app//kotlin.test.Asserter$DefaultImpls.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:704)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0304747Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertTrue(JUnitSupport.kt:30)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0305628Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertTrue(Assertions.kt:44)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0306401Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertTrue(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0307260Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertTrue$default(Assertions.kt:42)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0308145Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertTrue$default(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0315390Z at app//org.islandoftex.arara.api.files.MPPPathTest.shouldConsiderRootAbsolute(MPPPathTest.kt:22)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0317724Z
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0318271Z MPPPathTest[jvm] > shouldNoExceedRoot()[jvm] FAILED
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0319988Z org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError: expected: <D:\a\arara\arara\api> but was: <D:>
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0321133Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionFailureBuilder.build(AssertionFailureBuilder.java:151)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0322271Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionFailureBuilder.buildAndThrow(AssertionFailureBuilder.java:132)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0323780Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertEquals.failNotEqual(AssertEquals.java:197)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0324683Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertEquals.assertEquals(AssertEquals.java:182)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0325573Z at app//org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals(Assertions.java:1156)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0326473Z at app//kotlin.test.junit5.JUnit5Asserter.assertEquals(JUnitSupport.kt:32)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0327283Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertEquals(Assertions.kt:63)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0328082Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertEquals(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0328917Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt__AssertionsKt.assertEquals$default(Assertions.kt:62)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0329785Z at app//kotlin.test.AssertionsKt.assertEquals$default(Unknown Source)
2025-06-23T14:40:15.0330690Z at app//org.islandoftex.arara.api.files.MPPPathTest.shouldNoExceedRoot(MPPPathTest.kt:35)
```
I installed a Windows VM and will try to debug this.
issue
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