Provide information about how the engine was built (compiler, OS, etc.) to the engine

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Describe the project you are working on

Bug triage

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

Some times when encountering or triaging buildsystem related issues it can be useful to have specific information about how the engine was compiled, such as the specific compiler and compiler version, or what OS it was built on (if it was cross-compiled or not), all depending on what issue is being tested

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

Either adding additional information to the "Copy System Information" or provide a parallel method for this, probably in OS or Engine which would list all the available build related information

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

This would be provided by the buildsystem, either based on configuration or fetched (like compiler version) and stored in a generated file, most of the information, like the OS being compiled on, the compiler being used, and (in most cases) the compiler version, is already available to the buildsystem through SCons and our own scripts, this would collect that information and put it in a file that the engine can then serve up.

Care would be needed to ensure sensitive information isn't leaked in this way into the executable though, like paths to any programs, just something to keep in mind

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

N/A

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

This would be part of the buildsystem itself