From 60e696cb1a5f5364704f877c867b5262112fb6e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deepend-tildeclub <58404188+deepend-tildeclub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 23:07:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor Python setup in Windows build workflow

Updated Python installation steps and created symbolic link for Python 3.8.
---
 .github/workflows/windows-build.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
index 0a7f85f4..8b022e91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
@@ -47,11 +47,21 @@ jobs:
           Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/zoitechat/gvsbuild/releases/download/zoitechat-2.17.0/perl-5.20.0-${{ matrix.arch }}.7z -OutFile deps\perl-${{ matrix.arch }}.7z
           & 7z.exe x deps\perl-${{ matrix.arch }}.7z -oC:\gtk-build\perl-5.20\${{ matrix.platform }}
 
-          New-Item -Path "c:\gtk-build" -Name "python-3.8" -ItemType "Directory"
-          New-Item -Path "c:\gtk-build\python-3.8" -Name "${{ matrix.platform }}" -ItemType "SymbolicLink" -Value "C:/hostedtoolcache/windows/Python/3.8.10/${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          New-Item -Path "C:\gtk-build\python-3.8" -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
+
+          $pyRoot = $env:pythonLocation
+          if (-not $pyRoot) {
+            $pyRoot = & python -c "import sys; print(sys.prefix)"
+          }
+
+          $target = "C:\gtk-build\python-3.8\${{ matrix.platform }}"
+          if (Test-Path $target) { Remove-Item $target -Recurse -Force }
+
+          New-Item -Path "C:\gtk-build\python-3.8" -Name "${{ matrix.platform }}" -ItemType Junction -Value $pyRoot | Out-Null
+
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install cffi
 
-          C:/hostedtoolcache/windows/Python/3.8.10/${{ matrix.arch }}/python.exe -m pip install cffi
-        shell: powershell
 
       - name: Build
         run: |