[issue43334] venv does not install libpython

[Anup Parikh]

Anup Parikh <anuppari at gmail.com> added the comment:

A typical python installation includes libpython libraries that C extensions can link to. Creating virtual environments with venv normally creates a replica of a python installation directory, including all the built in python modules. However, it doesn't seem to copy over the libpython libraries, so C extensions built with a venv activated can't seem to find the libpython (.so, .a, .dll) file to link against.

For example, compare the installation directory of python with the venv directory. The libpython .so/.a/.dll files are missing in the venv

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