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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/18579|#18579 Pants 2.16 prefers pyenv installed Python over system Python>
Issue created by <https://github.com/thejcannon|thejcannon>
*Describe the bug*  
After upgrading to Pants 2.16.0a0, some of my tests fail complaining about missing `lzma` module in the pyenv-installed Python. In Pants 2.15.x (and earlier) it appears that system Python was always chosen (either an explicit choice or an implicit one, it always was).

I think we should figure out how to preserve that behavior.

*Pants version*  
`.2.16.0a0`

*OS*  
Linux

*Additional info*  
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18433|#18433> is a big red flag IMO.
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>

<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/18579|#18579 Pants 2.16 prefers pyenv installed Python over system Python>
Issue closed as completed by <https://github.com/thejcannon|thejcannon>
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>