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Warn for cfg!(target_* = "whatever") usage in build scripts #125441

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if cfg!(target_feature = "sse2") {
    // …
}

Current output

No warning

Desired output

A warning pointing at `cfg!(target_feature = "sse2")` stating that this will be likely wrong for the target system if you cross compile

Rationale and extra context

I would expect a warning that explains that cfg!(target_*) will be evaluated in the context of the host system that compiles the build script and not in the context of the target system. It seems to be a common mistake for crate authors writing build scripts to use cfg! and not std::env in combination with the environment variables set by cargo. The warning should suggest that the later variant is the correct solution there.

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rustc 1.78.0 (9b00956e5 2024-04-29)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 9b00956e56009bab2aa15d7bff10916599e3d6d6
commit-date: 2024-04-29
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.78.0
LLVM version: 18.1.2

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