Override the features detected using an env::var

Fixes: #804

Author: lu-zero

crates/std_detect/Cargo.toml

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ auxv = "0.3.3"
 cupid = "0.6.0"
 
 [features]
-default = [ "std_detect_dlsym_getauxval", "std_detect_file_io" ]
+default = [ "std_detect_dlsym_getauxval", "std_detect_file_io", "std_detect_env_override" ]
 std_detect_file_io = []
-std_detect_dlsym_getauxval = [ "libc" ]
+std_detect_dlsym_getauxval = [ "libc" ]
+std_detect_env_override = []

crates/std_detect/src/detect/macros.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ macro_rules! features {
                     Feature::_last => unreachable!(),
                 }
             }
+            pub fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Feature, ()> {
+                match s {
+                    $($feature_lit => Ok(Feature::$feature),)*
+                    _ => Err(())
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         /// Each function performs run-time feature detection for a single

crates/std_detect/src/detect/mod.rs

@@ -97,10 +97,31 @@ cfg_if! {
     }
 }
 
+cfg_if! {
+    if #[cfg(feature = "std_detect_env_override")] {
+        fn detect_features() -> cache::Initializer {
+            let value = self::os::detect_features();
+            if let Ok(disable) = crate::env::var("RUST_STD_DETECT_UNSTABLE") {
+                let mut value = value;
+                for v in disable.split(" ") {
+                    let _ = Feature::from_str(v).map(|v| value.unset(v as u32));
+                }
+                value
+            } else {
+                value
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        fn detect_features() -> cache::Initializer {
+            self::os::detect_features()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Performs run-time feature detection.
 #[inline]
 pub fn check_for(x: Feature) -> bool {
-    cache::test(x as u32, self::os::detect_features)
+    cache::test(x as u32, detect_features)
 }
 
 /// Returns an `Iterator<Item=(&'static str, bool)>` where

crates/std_detect/src/lib.rs

@@ -24,12 +24,23 @@
 extern crate cfg_if;
 
 cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(feature = "std_detect_file_io")] {
+    if #[cfg(all(feature = "std_detect_file_io", feature = "std_detect_env_override"))] {
+        #[cfg_attr(test, macro_use(println))]
+        extern crate std;
+
+        #[allow(unused_imports)]
+        use std::{arch, env, fs, io, mem, sync};
+    } else if #[cfg(feature = "std_detect_file_io")] {
         #[cfg_attr(test, macro_use(println))]
         extern crate std;
 
         #[allow(unused_imports)]
         use std::{arch, fs, io, mem, sync};
+    } else if #[cfg(feature = "std_detect_env_override")] {
+        #[cfg_attr(test, macro_use(println))]
+        extern crate std;
+
+        use std::env;
     } else {
         #[cfg(test)]
         #[macro_use(println)]