{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006","id":201456169,"number":1006,"title":"IOError: [Errno 62] Too many levels of symbolic links","user":{"login":"Tset-Noitamotua","id":5635462,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5635462?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua","html_url":"https://github.com/Tset-Noitamotua","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2017-01-18T01:42:14Z","updated_at":"2017-01-21T13:34:52Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I cant create a venv with the name `PYTHON_27` (with underscore)\r\n\r\n```shell\r\n> mkvirtualenv PYTHON_27 -p Python2.7\r\nRunning virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/Python2.7\r\nNew python executable in /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON_27/bin/python\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py\", line 2328, in <module>\r\n    main()\r\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py\", line 713, in main\r\n    symlink=options.symlink)\r\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py\", line 925, in create_environment\r\n    site_packages=site_packages, clear=clear, symlink=symlink))\r\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py\", line 1231, in install_python\r\n    shutil.copyfile(executable, py_executable)\r\n  File \"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py\", line 83, in copyfile\r\n    with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:\r\nIOError: [Errno 62] Too many levels of symbolic links: '/Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON_27/bin/python'\r\n```\r\n\r\nBut no problem with name `PYTHON-27`\r\n\r\n```shell\r\n> mkvirtualenv PYTHON-27 -p Python2.7\r\nRunning virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/Python2.7\r\nNew python executable in /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/python\r\nInstalling setuptools, pip, wheel...done.\r\nvirtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/predeactivate\r\nvirtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/postdeactivate\r\nvirtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/preactivate\r\nvirtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/postactivate\r\nvirtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /Users/MyMac/.virtualenvs/PYTHON-27/bin/get_env_details\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/comments/274262117","html_url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006#issuecomment-274262117","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1006","id":274262117,"user":{"login":"Tset-Noitamotua","id":5635462,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5635462?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua","html_url":"https://github.com/Tset-Noitamotua","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tset-Noitamotua/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-01-21T13:34:52Z","updated_at":"2017-01-21T13:34:52Z","body":"Indeed ... `virtualenv PYTHON_27` worked.\r\n\r\nSo then it may be an issue of virtualenvwrapper?"}}
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