python-config breaks when symlinked to another location

GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2018-07-14.11:21:50.967>
labels = ['3.10', 'type-bug', '3.9', 'build', '3.11']
title = 'python-config breaks when symlinked to another location'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-09.08:02:36.043>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/tobik'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-12-09.08:02:36.043>
actor = 'christian.heimes'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Build']
creation = <Date 2018-07-14.11:21:50.967>
creator = 'tobik'
dependencies = []
files = ['47690']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 34111
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['321650', '408055', '408066', '408080']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['christian.heimes', 'tobik', 'iritkatriel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue34111'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']