child_process: clone spawn options argument

lib/child_process.js

@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ function normalizeSpawnArguments(file /*, args, options*/) {
   else if (!util.isObject(options))
     throw new TypeError('options argument must be an object');
 
+  options = util._extend({}, options);
   args.unshift(file);
 
   var env = options.env || process.env;

test/common.js

@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ exports.spawnCat = function(options) {
 };
 
 
+exports.spawnSyncCat = function(options) {
+  var spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
+
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return spawnSync('more', [], options);
+  } else {
+    return spawnSync('cat', [], options);
+  }
+};
+
+
 exports.spawnPwd = function(options) {
   var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 

test/simple/test-child-process-stdio.js

@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ child = common.spawnPwd(options);
 
 assert.equal(child.stdout, null);
 assert.equal(child.stderr, null);
+
+options = {stdio: 'ignore'};
+child = common.spawnSyncCat(options);
+assert.deepEqual(options, {stdio: 'ignore'});