This is related to issue #16330: rustc invokes other programs underneath (most notably, a linker) which recognize environment variables of their own. A prominent example would be the LIB variable that is recognized by Microsoft link.exe (and lld-link) which is what, as I understand, is used by rustc on Windows.
Having an accurate list of environment variables that can affect the result of compilation is important to build systems that track changes to the environment.
This is related to issue #16330:
rustcinvokes other programs underneath (most notably, a linker) which recognize environment variables of their own. A prominent example would be theLIBvariable that is recognized by Microsoftlink.exe(andlld-link) which is what, as I understand, is used byrustcon Windows.Having an accurate list of environment variables that can affect the result of compilation is important to build systems that track changes to the environment.