fix: ignore conflicting symlinks at site-packages root on venv creation #336
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Handle conflicting symlinks when creating the venv directory so that the last link wins if the existing link can be removed.
Also bails early with better error message when conflicts that aren't at the root, or caused by namespace packages are found.
Closes #335
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Handle conflicting symlinks at venv root during venv creation.
Test plan
Force a conflict and observe error message.