[python-package] Follow symlinks to lib_lightgbm.so in library-loading (#6977)

python-package/lightgbm/__init__.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 
-_version_path = Path(__file__).absolute().parent / "VERSION.txt"
+_version_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "VERSION.txt"
 if _version_path.is_file():
     __version__ = _version_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
 

python-package/lightgbm/libpath.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def _find_lib_path() -> List[str]:
     lib_path: list of str
        List of all found library paths to LightGBM.
     """
-    curr_path = Path(__file__).absolute()
+    curr_path = Path(__file__).resolve()
     dll_path = [
         curr_path.parents[1],
         curr_path.parents[0] / "bin",