Patch #1232023: Don't include empty path component from registry,
so that the current directory does not get added to sys.path.
Also fixes #1526785.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7a6e22d..eee36c6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1232023: Stop including current directory in search
+  path on Windows.
+
 - Fix some potential crashes found with failmalloc.
 
 - Fix warnings reported by Klocwork's static analysis tool.