fix system executable discovery

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ jobs:
               pathtoPublish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
               ArtifactName: virtualenv.pyz
     before:
+      - script: '$(toxPython.pythonLocation)/python -m pip install "virtualenv < 20"'
+        displayName: pypy3 tox needs fix to accomodate separate bin and Script
+        condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'windows'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'pypy3'))
+      - script: '$(toxPython.pythonLocation)/python -m pip install .'
+        displayName: tox uses this virtualenv (eat our own dogfood)
+        condition: not(and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'windows'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'pypy3')))
       - script: 'sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install fish csh'
         condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'linux'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'py38', 'py37', 'py36', 'py35', 'py27', 'pypy', 'pypy3'))
         displayName: install fish and csh via apt-get

docs/changelog/1552.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Virtual environments created via relative path on Windows creates bad console executables - by :user:`gaborbernat`.

docs/changelog/1553.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Seems sometimes venvs created set their base executable to themselves; we accept these without question, so we handle
+virtual environments as system pythons causing issues - by :user:`gaborbernat`.

src/virtualenv/create/creator.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from virtualenv.util.zipapp import ensure_file_on_disk
 from virtualenv.version import __version__
 
-HERE = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
+HERE = Path(os.path.abspath(__file__)).parent
 DEBUG_SCRIPT = HERE / "debug.py"
 
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def non_write_able(dest, value):
             # pre 3.6 resolve is always strict, aka must exists, sidestep by using os.path operation
             dest = Path(os.path.realpath(raw_value))
         else:
-            dest = value.resolve()
+            dest = Path(os.path.abspath(str(value))).resolve()  # on Windows absolute does not imply resolve so use both
         value = dest
         while dest:
             if dest.exists():

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/python2/python2.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from ..via_global_self_do import ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin
 
-HERE = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
+HERE = Path(os.path.abspath(__file__)).parent
 
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)

src/virtualenv/discovery/cached_py_info.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import pipes
 import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ def _get_fs_path():
 
 
 def _run_subprocess(cls, exe):
-    resolved_path = Path(__file__).parent.absolute().absolute() / "py_info.py"
+    resolved_path = Path(os.path.abspath(__file__)).parent / "py_info.py"
     with ensure_file_on_disk(resolved_path) as resolved_path:
         cmd = [exe, "-s", str(resolved_path)]
 

src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ def _fast_get_system_executable(self):
             if self.real_prefix is None:
                 base_executable = getattr(sys, "_base_executable", None)  # some platforms may set this to help us
                 if base_executable is not None:  # use the saved system executable if present
-                    return base_executable
+                    if sys.executable != base_executable:  # we know we're in a virtual environment, cannot be us
+                        return base_executable
             return None  # in this case we just can't tell easily without poking around FS and calling them, bail
         # if we're not in a virtual environment, this is already a system python, so return the original executable
         # note we must choose the original and not the pure executable as shim scripts might throw us off

src/virtualenv/util/path/_pathlib/via_os_path.py

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ def __hash__(self):
     def exists(self):
         return os.path.exists(self._path)
 
-    def absolute(self):
-        return Path(os.path.abspath(self._path))
-
     @property
     def parent(self):
         return Path(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self._path, os.path.pardir)))

tests/unit/create/test_creator.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import six
 
 from virtualenv.__main__ import run
-from virtualenv.create.creator import DEBUG_SCRIPT, get_env_debug_info
+from virtualenv.create.creator import DEBUG_SCRIPT, Creator, get_env_debug_info
 from virtualenv.discovery.builtin import get_interpreter
 from virtualenv.discovery.py_info import PythonInfo
 from virtualenv.info import IS_PYPY, fs_supports_symlink
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_destination_not_write_able(tmp_path, capsys):
 def cleanup_sys_path(paths):
     from virtualenv.create.creator import HERE
 
-    paths = [Path(i).absolute() for i in paths]
+    paths = [Path(os.path.abspath(i)) for i in paths]
     to_remove = [Path(HERE)]
     if os.environ.get(str("PYCHARM_HELPERS_DIR")):
         to_remove.append(Path(os.environ[str("PYCHARM_HELPERS_DIR")]).parent)
@@ -291,3 +291,9 @@ def create(count):
         thread.start()
     for thread in threads:
         thread.join()
+
+
+def test_creator_input_passed_is_abs(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    result = Creator.validate_dest("venv")
+    assert str(result) == str(tmp_path / "venv")