Issue #18807: If copying (no symlinks) specified for a venv, then the python interpreter aliases (python, python3) are now created by copying rather than symlinking.
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index 20dafc0..252bffb 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@
for suffix in ('python', 'python3'):
path = os.path.join(binpath, suffix)
if not os.path.exists(path):
- os.symlink(exename, path)
+ # Issue 18807: make copies if
+ # symlinks are not wanted
+ copier(context.env_exe, path)
+ os.chmod(path, 0o755)
else:
subdir = 'DLLs'
include = self.include_binary
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 13ff667..43a4a0c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #18807: If copying (no symlinks) specified for a venv, then the python
+ interpreter aliases (python, python3) are now created by copying rather than
+ symlinking.
+
- Issue #14710: pkgutil.get_loader() no longer raises an exception when None is
found in sys.modules.