`wasmtime run GC=no` doesn't seem to disable GC in the host

[jsturtevant]

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Test Case

Steps to Reproduce

Write a library that compiles your component with the following features from wasmtime:

wasmtime = { version="34", default-features = false, features = ["cranelift", "runtime", "component-model" ] }

    let mut config = Config::new();
  let engine = Engine::new(&config).unwrap();
  let bytes = std::fs::read(infile).unwrap();
  let serialized = if args.get_flag("component") {
      engine.precompile_component(&bytes).unwrap()
  } else {
      engine.precompile_module(&bytes).unwrap()
  };

Then try and run it in in wasmtime, turning off GC in the host, it fails to run:

wasmtime run -W gc=no -W component-model-gc=no --target x86_64-unknown-none --allow-precompiled --invoke 'echo("hi")' /home/jstur/projects/hyperlight-wasm/x64/debug/runcomponent.aot

Caused by:
    module was compiled without GC but GC is enabled in the host

Expected Results

I would expect that I can turn the features off and run them.

Actual Results

error module was compiled without GC but GC is enabled in the host

Versions and Environment

Wasmtime version or commit: any released version

Operating system: TODO

Architecture: TODO

Extra Info

Anything else you'd like to add?

I tracked it down to this being always on via build flag even though -W gc=no -W component-model-gc=no settings are turned off and causing a failure later on in processing.

https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/blob/759ccdfaee65f8c470ccc5b8b63506a1af5cd32d/crates/wasmtime/src/config.rs#L2162C1-L2163C1

I moved this logic to use the gc flag and things worked. Then I found #10455 (comment) and wasn't sure what the correct solution is here.

[alexcrichton]

Thanks for the report! I've put up #11463 to propose addressing this which would make it easier to match features in this case.