Can no longer F5 against symlink after update to 1.20

[adiun]

Issue Type

Bug

Description

I use the VSCode-Python extension. I disabled all extensions and just have this one enabled. Version 2018.1.0.

Before VSCode version 1.20.0, I used a symlink to my virtualenv that sits in my user dir. So in my launch JSON, I had: "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}".

In my workspace settings, I had: "python.pythonPath": "${workspaceRoot}/.virtualenv/bin/python". The '.virtualenv' here is a symlink into my actual virtualenv in my user dir.

EXPECTED:

1. Launch.json points to a workspace config, workspace config has a pythonPath that points to a file within a symlinked dir.
2. F5, works fine (as it did before versions 1.20.0)

ACTUAL:
2) With version 1.20.0, I get an error at the top: Failed to launch the Python Process, please validate the path '${workspaceRoot}/.virtualenv/bin/python'. In the Debug Console, I see an error: Error: spawn ${workspaceRoot}/.virtualenv/bin/python ENOENT.

VS Code Info

VS Code version: Code 1.20.0 (c63189d, 2018-02-07T17:02:34.244Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 16.7.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz (8 x 2200)
Load (avg)	3, 3, 2
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.02GB free)
Process Argv	/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron -psn_0_18993692
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (1)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
python	ms-	2018.1.0

Reproduces without extensions

[adiun]

I found that this isn't a symlink issue; it's because of microsoft/vscode-python#691