rust/build_system/build_backend.rs

use std::env;
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use std::process::Command;

pub(crate) fn build_backend(
    channel: &str,
    host_triple: &str,
    use_unstable_features: bool,
) -> PathBuf {
    let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
    cmd.arg("build").arg("--target").arg(host_triple);

    let mut rustflags = env::var("RUSTFLAGS").unwrap_or_default();

    // Deny warnings on CI
    if env::var("CI").as_ref().map(|val| &**val) == Ok("true") {
        rustflags += " -Dwarnings";
    }

    if use_unstable_features {
        cmd.arg("--features").arg("unstable-features");
    }

    match channel {
        "debug" => {}
        "release" => {
            cmd.arg("--release");
        }
        _ => unreachable!(),
    }

    // Set the rpath to make the cg_clif executable find librustc_codegen_cranelift without changing
    // LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    if cfg!(unix) {
        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
            rustflags += " -Csplit-debuginfo=unpacked \
                -Clink-arg=-Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../lib \
                -Zosx-rpath-install-name";
        } else {
            rustflags += " -Clink-arg=-Wl,-rpath=$ORIGIN/../lib ";
        }
    }

    cmd.env("RUSTFLAGS", rustflags);

    eprintln!("[BUILD] rustc_codegen_cranelift");
    crate::utils::spawn_and_wait(cmd);

    Path::new("target").join(host_triple).join(channel)
}