Chi Hsuan Yen added the comment: Seems there are quite a few typos/copy-paste errors in the original steps-to-reproduce. Here are my steps on macOS:
$ ./python-build/python.exe -m venv 'aaa bbb' $ source ./aaa\ bbb/bin/activate $ pip zsh: /Users/yen/tmp/aaa bbb/bin/pip: bad interpreter: "/Users/yen/tmp/aaa: no such file or directory The result is similar on Linux. Like Alex said, I don't think there's a portable solution, either, so here's a patch to warn users for possibly broken paths. macOS kernel has another bug/limitation. In XNU, '#' symbol also breaks shebang: $ ./python-build/python.exe -m venv 'aaa#bbb' $ source ./aaa\#bbb/bin/activate $ pip zsh: /Users/yen/tmp/aaa#bbb/bin/pip: bad interpreter: /Users/yen/tmp/aaa#bbb/bin/python: no such file or directory This is even confusing as the kernel thinks the interpreter is /Users/yen/tmp/aaa (everything after the first # is thrown away, see [1]) while zsh/bash thinks it's /Users/yen/tmp/aaa#bbb/bin/python. As a result, I add a warning for #, too Some related discussions: 1. https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/923 (pip does not support spaces in directories names) 2. https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/53 (Whitespace in root path of virtualenv breaks scripts) 3. https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/973 (bad interpreter error when creating virtualenv's in directories with '#' in name) Adding venv maintainer and some macOS experts [1] https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-3789.21.4/bsd/kern/kern_exec.c.auto.html, line 511 ---------- components: +Library (Lib) keywords: +patch nosy: +Chi Hsuan Yen, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren, vinay.sajip versions: +Python 3.6, Python 3.7 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file45926/venv-check-path.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28446> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
