Resolve symlinks and store as p to avoid infinite loop. Fixes ipython…

…#13177
sivel · Oct 15, 2021 · 242d7b6 · 242d7b6
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commit 242d7b6
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ def init_virtualenv(self):
         # So we just check every item in the symlink tree (generally <= 3)
         paths = [p]
         while p.is_symlink():
-            p = Path(os.readlink(p))
-            paths.append(p.resolve())
+            p = Path(os.readlink(p)).resolve()
+            paths.append(p)
 
         # In Cygwin paths like "c:\..." and '\cygdrive\c\...' are possible
         if p_venv.parts[1] == "cygdrive":