rust/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/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);

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

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

    if cfg!(unix) {
        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
            cmd.env(
                "RUSTFLAGS",
                "-Csplit-debuginfo=unpacked \
                -Clink-arg=-Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../lib \
                -Zosx-rpath-install-name"
                    .to_string()
                    + env::var("RUSTFLAGS").as_deref().unwrap_or(""),
            );
        } else {
            cmd.env(
                "RUSTFLAGS",
                "-Clink-arg=-Wl,-rpath=$ORIGIN/../lib ".to_string()
                    + env::var("RUSTFLAGS").as_deref().unwrap_or(""),
            );
        }
    }

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

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