[issue32444] python -m venv symlink dependency on how python binary is called is not documented

Ned Deily report at bugs.python.org
Mon Apr 27 03:37:57 EDT 2020


Ned Deily <nad at python.org> added the comment:

The behavior of venv has been changed in Python 3.9 to always create a "pythonM.N" link in the venv bin directory, in addition to "pythonM", regardless of how venv was invoked.

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nosy: +ned.deily
resolution:  -> duplicate
stage: needs patch -> resolved
status: open -> closed
superseder:  -> shebanged scripts can escape from `venv` depending on how it was created
versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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