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fix_lib64 breaks running virtualenv on top of a virtualenv directory. #334

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#rm -rf /tmp/venv
#virtualenv /tmp/venv
New python executable in /tmp/venv/bin/python
Installing setuptools............done.
Installing pip...............done.
#virtualenv /tmp/venv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('virtualenv==1.8.2', 'console_scripts', 'virtualenv')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 942, in main
    never_download=options.never_download)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1043, in create_environment
    site_packages=site_packages, clear=clear))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1186, in install_python
    fix_lib64(lib_dir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1564, in fix_lib64
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lib_parent), 'lib64'))
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

The function just needs to check for existence of an existing symlink.

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