From adaddde369872dfbc7fd248794d07614d4395562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:11:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't chmod() if path is a symlink.

---
 Lib/venv/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index c258b1c05a4..b5ef2d88e99 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ class EnvBuilder:
                     # Issue 18807: make copies if
                     # symlinks are not wanted
                     copier(context.env_exe, path)
-                    os.chmod(path, 0o755)
+                    if not os.path.islink(path):
+                        os.chmod(path, 0o755)
         else:
             subdir = 'DLLs'
             include = self.include_binary