[issue22213] Make pyvenv style virtual environments easier to configure when embedding Python

[Nick Coghlan]

Nick Coghlan added the comment:

Excellent! If I recall correctly, that works because we resolve the symlink when looking for the standard library, but not when looking for venv configuration file.

I also suspect this is all thoroughly broken on Windows - there are so many configuration operations and platform specific considerations that need to be accounted for in getpath.c these days that it has become close to incomprehensible :(

One of my main goals with PEP 432 is actually to make it possible to rewrite the path configuration code in a more maintainable way - my unofficial subtitle for that PEP is "getpath.c must die!" :)

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title: pyvenv style virtual environments unusable in an embedded system -> Make pyvenv style virtual environments easier to configure when embedding Python
type:  -> enhancement

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