From 6250b900b7bd6f8461e1d2604856457e056d176a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:45:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Allow managed downloads with `--python-preference system`
 (#8808)

Closes https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/8804
---
 crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs b/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
index 4993f7868f47..de4016aaf2bf 100644
--- a/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
@@ -1546,7 +1546,10 @@ impl PythonPreference {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn allows_managed(self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, Self::Managed | Self::OnlyManaged)
+        match self {
+            Self::OnlySystem => false,
+            Self::Managed | Self::System | Self::OnlyManaged => true,
+        }
     }
 }