From f1726843a20a9f61f4b8143dbe365592b3fea713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <52449218+shadow578@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:28:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow manual override of system type (#4952)

* allow manual override of system type
https://community.platformio.org/t/windows-on-arm64-problem-installing-xtensa-toolchain/25497

* fix lint
---
 platformio/util.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index 54db102f..3f8421c3 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import datetime
 import functools
 import math
+import os
 import platform
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@ def singleton(cls):
 
 
 def get_systype():
+    # allow manual override, eg. for
+    # windows on arm64 systems with emulated x86
+    if "PLATFORMIO_SYSTEM_TYPE" in os.environ:
+        return os.environ.get("PLATFORMIO_SYSTEM_TYPE")
+
     system = platform.system().lower()
     arch = platform.machine().lower()
     if system == "windows":