[cherry-pick] release: Prevent virtualenv redirect from occupying .venv

Author: vs-code-engineering[bot]

src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/common/nativePythonFinder.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class NativePythonFinderImpl extends DisposableBase implements NativePythonFinde
             ? getGlobalStorage<boolean>(this.context, DONT_SHOW_SPAWN_ERROR_AGAIN, false)
             : ({ get: () => false, set: async () => {} } as IPersistentStorage<boolean>);
         this.connection = this.start();
-        void this.configure();
         this.firstRefreshResults = this.refreshFirstTime();
     }
 

src/test/pythonEnvironments/nativePythonFinder.unit.test.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ suite('Native Python Finder', () => {
     let getConfigurationStub: sinon.SinonStub;
     let configMock: typemoq.IMock<WorkspaceConfiguration>;
     let getWorkspaceFolderPathsStub: sinon.SinonStub;
+    const locatorOutput = new MockOutputChannel('locator');
 
     setup(() => {
         createLogOutputChannelStub = sinon.stub(windowsApis, 'createLogOutputChannel');
-        createLogOutputChannelStub.returns(new MockOutputChannel('locator'));
+        createLogOutputChannelStub.returns(locatorOutput);
 
         getWorkspaceFolderPathsStub = sinon.stub(workspaceApis, 'getWorkspaceFolderPaths');
         getWorkspaceFolderPathsStub.returns([]);
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ suite('Native Python Finder', () => {
         }
 
         // typically all test envs should have at least one environment
-        assert.isNotEmpty(envs);
+        assert.isNotEmpty(envs, `Python Locator output:\n${locatorOutput.output || '(none)'}`);
     });
 
     test('Resolve should return python environments with version', async () => {