GeezerVison

    if os.name == 'nt':
        use_symlinks = False
    else:
        use_symlinks = True
    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
    group.add_argument('--symlinks', default=use_symlinks,
                       action='store_true', dest='symlinks',
                       help='Try to use symlinks rather than copies, '
                            'when symlinks are not the default for '
                            'the platform.')

vstinner@win ~/cpython
$ ./python.exe -m venv ../env --without-pip --copies

vstinner@win ~/cpython
$ cd ../

vstinner@win ~
$ env/bin/python.exe -V
C:/cygwin64/home/vstinner/env/bin/python.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygpython3.16d.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

vstinner@win ~/cpython
$ ./python.exe -m venv ../env --without-pip

vstinner@win ~/cpython
$ cd ..

vstinner@win ~
$ env/bin/python.exe -V
Python 3.16.0a0