Make COMPILER definition in getcompiler.c optionally static for reproducible builds #144121
Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
SUSE (both for SLE and openSUSE) have been using for a long time (the name of the patchfile starts with python-3.3.0b1 ;)) similar patch to avoid having dynamically generated symbols in the build binaries (version of compilers in this case).
---
Makefile.pre.in | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
Index: Python-3.15.0a3/Makefile.pre.in
===================================================================
--- Python-3.15.0a3.orig/Makefile.pre.in 2025-12-19 02:26:23.594002103 +0100
+++ Python-3.15.0a3/Makefile.pre.in 2025-12-19 02:26:28.185444105 +0100
@@ -1926,6 +1926,11 @@
-DGITBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITBRANCH)`\"" \
-o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
+Python/getcompiler.o: $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c Makefile
+ $(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
+ -DCOMPILER='"[GCC]"' \
+ -o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c
+
Modules/getpath.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/getpath.c Python/frozen_modules/getpath.h Makefile $(PYTHON_HEADERS)
$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) -DPYTHONPATH='"$(PYTHONPATH)"' \
-DPREFIX='"$(host_prefix)"' \I have discussed upstreaming of this patch on
https://discuss.python.org/t/unversioned-compiler-symbol-for-getcompiler-c/91735 and it seems to me that in order to give this issue some momentum, I have to just file PR here.
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
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Links to previous discussion of this feature:
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