path to python in venv

[Larry Martell]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:42 PM Jon Ribbens via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> On 2023-09-27, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was under the impression that in a venv the python used would be in
> > the venv's bin dir. But in my venvs I see this in the bin dirs:
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 larrymartell larrymartell    7 Sep 27 11:21 python -> python3
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 larrymartell larrymartell   16 Sep 27 11:21 python3 ->
> > /usr/bin/python3
> ...
> > Not sure what this really means, nor how to get python to be in my venv.
>
> WHy do you want python to be "in your venv"?

Isn't that the entire point of a venv? To have a completely self
contained env? So if someone messes with the system python it will not
break code running in the venv.