@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ def test_prompt(self):
208208def test_upgrade_dependencies (self ):
209209builder = venv .EnvBuilder ()
210210bin_path = 'Scripts' if sys .platform == 'win32' else 'bin'
211- python_exe = os .path .split (sys .executable )[1 ]
211+ python_exe_realpath = os .path .realpath (sys ._base_executable )
212+ python_exe = os .path .split (python_exe_realpath )[1 ]
212213with tempfile .TemporaryDirectory ()as fake_env_dir :
213214expect_exe = os .path .normcase (
214215os .path .join (fake_env_dir ,bin_path ,python_exe )
@@ -551,7 +552,8 @@ def test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix(self):
551552self .addCleanup (rmtree ,non_installed_dir )
552553bindir = os .path .join (non_installed_dir ,self .bindir )
553554os .mkdir (bindir )
554- shutil .copy2 (sys .executable ,bindir )
555+ python_exe_realpath = os .path .realpath (sys ._base_executable )
556+ shutil .copy2 (python_exe_realpath ,bindir )
555557libdir = os .path .join (non_installed_dir ,platlibdir ,self .lib [1 ])
556558os .makedirs (libdir )
557559landmark = os .path .join (libdir ,"os.py" )
@@ -595,7 +597,7 @@ def test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix(self):
595597# libpython.so
596598ld_library_path = sysconfig .get_config_var ("LIBDIR" )
597599if not ld_library_path or sysconfig .is_python_build ():
598- ld_library_path = os .path .abspath (os .path .dirname (sys . executable ))
600+ ld_library_path = os .path .abspath (os .path .dirname (python_exe_realpath ))
599601if sys .platform == 'darwin' :
600602ld_library_path_env = "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
601603else :