fix python bootstrap tests requiring a downloaded stage0

Author: pietroalbini

src/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.py

@@ -138,6 +138,25 @@ def build_args(self, configure_args=None, args=None, env=None):
         if env is None:
             env = {}
 
+        # This test ends up invoking build_bootstrap_cmd, which searches for
+        # the Cargo binary and errors out if it cannot be found. This is not a
+        # problem in most cases, but there is a scenario where it would cause
+        # the test to fail.
+        #
+        # When a custom local Cargo is configured in config.toml (with the
+        # build.cargo setting), no Cargo is downloaded to any location known by
+        # bootstrap, and bootstrap relies on that setting to find it.
+        #
+        # In this test though we are not using the config.toml of the caller:
+        # we are generating a blank one instead. If we don't set build.cargo in
+        # it, the test will have no way to find Cargo, failing the test.
+        cargo_bin = os.environ.get("BOOTSTRAP_TEST_CARGO_BIN")
+        if cargo_bin is not None:
+            configure_args += ["--set", "build.cargo=" + cargo_bin]
+        rustc_bin = os.environ.get("BOOTSTRAP_TEST_RUSTC_BIN")
+        if rustc_bin is not None:
+            configure_args += ["--set", "build.rustc=" + rustc_bin]
+
         env = env.copy()
         env["PATH"] = os.environ["PATH"]
 

src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs

@@ -3040,6 +3040,8 @@ impl Step for Bootstrap {
             .args(["-m", "unittest", "bootstrap_test.py"])
             .env("BUILD_DIR", &builder.out)
             .env("BUILD_PLATFORM", builder.build.build.triple)
+            .env("BOOTSTRAP_TEST_RUSTC_BIN", &builder.initial_rustc)
+            .env("BOOTSTRAP_TEST_CARGO_BIN", &builder.initial_cargo)
             .current_dir(builder.src.join("src/bootstrap/"));
         // NOTE: we intentionally don't pass test_args here because the args for unittest and cargo test are mutually incompatible.
         // Use `python -m unittest` manually if you want to pass arguments.