https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a7a485558c05a59665d24f9bc048db8a41daf532
commit: a7a485558c05a59665d24f9bc048db8a41daf532
branch: main
author: Cycloctane <[email protected]>
committer: FFY00 <[email protected]>
date: 2025-10-04T14:55:17+01:00
summary:
gh-133951: Remove lib64->lib symlink in venv creation (#137139)
* Remove lib64->lib symlink in venv directory
* fix test
* remove unused import
* add news
files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-17-03-17.gh-issue-133951.7kwt78.rst
M Lib/test/test_venv.py
M Lib/venv/__init__.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 3c18c9c2900ad7..d46b45e54370b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
import pathlib
import re
import shutil
-import struct
import subprocess
import sys
import sysconfig
@@ -138,14 +137,9 @@ def _check_output_of_default_create(self):
self.isdir(self.bindir)
self.isdir(self.include)
self.isdir(*self.lib)
- # Issue 21197
p = self.get_env_file('lib64')
- conditions = ((struct.calcsize('P') == 8) and (os.name == 'posix') and
- (sys.platform != 'darwin'))
- if conditions:
- self.assertTrue(os.path.islink(p))
- else:
- self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(p))
+ if os.path.exists(p):
+ self.assertFalse(os.path.islink(p))
data = self.get_text_file_contents('pyvenv.cfg')
executable = sys._base_executable
path = os.path.dirname(executable)
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index dc9c5991df7e1c..e5addcc393a1b9 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ def create_if_needed(d):
context.python_exe = exename
binpath = self._venv_path(env_dir, 'scripts')
libpath = self._venv_path(env_dir, 'purelib')
+ platlibpath = self._venv_path(env_dir, 'platlib')
# PEP 405 says venvs should create a local include directory.
# See https://peps.python.org/pep-0405/#include-files
@@ -191,12 +192,8 @@ def create_if_needed(d):
create_if_needed(incpath)
context.lib_path = libpath
create_if_needed(libpath)
- # Issue 21197: create lib64 as a symlink to lib on 64-bit non-OS X
POSIX
- if ((sys.maxsize > 2**32) and (os.name == 'posix') and
- (sys.platform != 'darwin')):
- link_path = os.path.join(env_dir, 'lib64')
- if not os.path.exists(link_path): # Issue #21643
- os.symlink('lib', link_path)
+ context.platlib_path = platlibpath
+ create_if_needed(platlibpath)
context.bin_path = binpath
context.bin_name = os.path.relpath(binpath, env_dir)
context.env_exe = os.path.join(binpath, exename)
diff --git
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-17-03-17.gh-issue-133951.7kwt78.rst
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-17-03-17.gh-issue-133951.7kwt78.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dfda8e8f10ccf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-17-03-17.gh-issue-133951.7kwt78.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Remove lib64-lib symlink creation when creating new virtual environments in
+:mod:`venv` module
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