Non-recursive fix for posix_local. Thanks michr.

docs/news.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Changes & News
 In development
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+* Use non-recursive symlinks to fix things up for posix_local install
+  scheme. Thanks michr.
+
 * Made activate script available for use with msys and cygwin on Windows.
   Thanks Greg Haskins, Cliff Xuan, Jonathan Griffin and Doug Napoleone.
   Fixes #176.

virtualenv.py

@@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ def install_python(home_dir, lib_dir, inc_dir, bin_dir, site_packages, clear):
         prefix = sys.prefix
     mkdir(lib_dir)
     fix_lib64(lib_dir)
-    fix_local_scheme(home_dir)
     stdlib_dirs = [os.path.dirname(os.__file__)]
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         stdlib_dirs.append(join(os.path.dirname(stdlib_dirs[0]), 'DLLs'))
@@ -1393,6 +1392,9 @@ def install_python(home_dir, lib_dir, inc_dir, bin_dir, site_packages, clear):
         logger.notify('Please make sure you remove any previous custom paths from '
                       'your %s file.' % pydistutils)
     ## FIXME: really this should be calculated earlier
+
+    fix_local_scheme(home_dir)
+
     return py_executable
 
 def install_activate(home_dir, bin_dir, prompt=None):
@@ -1459,7 +1461,12 @@ def fix_local_scheme(home_dir):
         if sysconfig._get_default_scheme() == 'posix_local':
             local_path = os.path.join(home_dir, 'local')
             if not os.path.exists(local_path):
-                os.symlink(os.path.abspath(home_dir), local_path)
+                os.mkdir(local_path)
+                for subdir_name in os.listdir(home_dir):
+                    if subdir_name == 'local':
+                        continue
+                    os.symlink(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(home_dir, subdir_name)), \
+                                                            os.path.join(local_path, subdir_name))
 
 def fix_lib64(lib_dir):
     """