On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:42 PM Jon Ribbens via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On 2023-09-27, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@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. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
