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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/20630|#20630 Virtual environment with symlinked interpreter in pants-managed project crashes Pants>
Issue created by <https://github.com/zyd14|zyd14>
*Describe the bug*  
Given a virtual environment with a symlinked python interpreter (I end up with these when I create a virtual environment from another virtual environment, using `python -m venv &lt;venv-name&gt;`), Pants will crash on startup with the following error:

```
IntrinsicError: Failed to read link "/Users/zach/Documents/empirico/projects/etxlib/cdkenv/bin/python": Absolute symlink: "/Users/zach/Documents/empirico/projects/etxlib/.venvs/venv/bin/python"
```

*Pants version*  
2.19.0

*OS*  
Mac M1
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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/20630|#20630 Virtual environment with symlinked interpreter in pants-managed project crashes Pants>
Issue closed as not planned by <https://github.com/huonw|huonw>
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>