Add USE_ASYNC flag to allow async to be disabled when aiodns is

installed (LP: #1954331) - see README.md for details

ChangeLog

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Version 1.1
     - Add support for PKCS#8 for private keys, openssl 3 default (LP:
       #1978835) - Thanks to Adrien (spitap) for the change
     - Add limitations section to README to document current IDN status
+    - Add USE_ASYNC flag to allow async to be disabled when aiodns is
+    installed (LP: #1954331) - see README.md for details
 
 2019-12-31 Version 1.0.2
     - dknewkey: On posix operating systems set file permissions to 600 for

README.md

@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ Here is a simple example of dkim.verify_async usage:
 
 This feature requires python3.5 or newer.
 
+If aiodns is available, the async functions will be used.  To avoide async
+when aiodns is availale, set dkim.USE_ASYNC = False.
+
 ## TLSRPT (TLS Report)
 
 As of version 1.0, the RFC 8460 tlsrpt service type is supported:

dkim/__init__.py

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ import sys
 import time
 import binascii
 
+# Set to False to not use async functions even though aiodns is installed.
+USE_ASYNC = True
+
 # only needed for arc
 try:
     from authres import AuthenticationResultsHeader
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ from dkim.crypto import (
 try:
     from dkim.dnsplug import get_txt
 except ImportError:
+    if USE_ASYNC:
         try:
             import aiodns
             from dkim.asyncsupport import get_txt_async as get_txt
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@ except ImportError:
             # Only true if not using async
             def get_txt(s,timeout=5):
                 raise RuntimeError("DKIM.verify requires DNS or dnspython module")
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("DKIM.verify requires DNS or dnspython module")
+
 from dkim.util import (
     get_default_logger,
     InvalidTagValueList,
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "ValidationError",
     "AuthresNotFoundError",
     "NaClNotFoundError",
+    "USE_ASYNC",
     "CV_Pass",
     "CV_Fail",
     "CV_None",
@@ -1369,7 +1377,7 @@ def verify(message, logger=None, dnsfunc=get_txt, minkey=1024,
 
 
 # aiodns requires Python 3.5+, so no async before that
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 5) and USE_ASYNC:
     try:
         import aiodns
         from dkim.asyncsupport import verify_async