From c1a8427eb3b0c11d9d260b1311a0781ab28fa476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:57:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gh-149879: Fix test_venv on Cygwin

In copy mode, venv now also copies the cygpython DLL.

Fix test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix(): copy also the cygpython
DLL.
---
 Lib/test/test_venv.py | 7 +++++++
 Lib/venv/__init__.py  | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 9d2960664abfad5..1ff5d7cf0c51dd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ def test_executable_symlinks(self):
 
     # gh-124651: test quoted strings
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'contains invalid characters on Windows')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'cygwin', 'fail to locate cygpython DLL')
     def test_special_chars_bash(self):
         """
         Test that the template strings are quoted properly (bash)
@@ -714,6 +715,12 @@ def test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix(self):
         os.mkdir(bindir)
         python_exe = os.path.basename(sys.executable)
         shutil.copy2(sys.executable, os.path.join(bindir, python_exe))
+        if sys.platform == 'cygwin':
+            # Copy libpython DLL
+            exe_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+            libpython_dll = sysconfig.get_config_var('DLLLIBRARY')
+            shutil.copy2(os.path.join(exe_path, libpython_dll),
+                         os.path.join(bindir, libpython_dll))
         libdir = os.path.join(non_installed_dir, platlibdir, self.lib[1])
         os.makedirs(libdir)
         landmark = os.path.join(libdir, "os.py")
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index 0653a43a8b17766..bd2762d55ef6961 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ def setup_python(self, context):
                     if not os.path.islink(path):
                         os.chmod(path, 0o755)
 
+            if not self.symlinks and sys.platform == 'cygwin':
+                # Copy libpython DLL
+                libpython_dll = sysconfig.get_config_var('DLLLIBRARY')
+                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(binpath, libpython_dll)):
+                    exe_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+                    shutil.copy(os.path.join(exe_path, libpython_dll),
+                                os.path.join(binpath, libpython_dll))
+
     else:
         def setup_python(self, context):
             """