virtualenv crashed with shutil.SameFileError in copyfile(): '/usr/bin/python3' and '/home/username/Flask-SocketIO-Chat/socketenv/bin/python3' are the same file

[Jewel Lukose]

i was trying to create a virtualenv

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: virtualenv 15.1.0+ds-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 24 01:20:52 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/virtualenv
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-21 (94 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/virtualenv socketenv -p python3
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/virtualenv', 'socketenv', '-p', 'python3']
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: python-virtualenv
Title: virtualenv crashed with shutil.SameFileError in copyfile(): '/usr/bin/python3' and '/home/username/Flask-SocketIO-Chat/socketenv/bin/python3' are the same file
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-23 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

At this point in time, I doubt there's anything useful we can do with this bug report.