Allow overriding COMPILER with UNVERSIONED_COMPILER

Introduce UNVERSIONED_COMPILER variable in Makefile.pre.in to allow
overriding the COMPILER macro definition during the build of
Python/getcompiler.o.

This enables reproducible builds by providing a way to set a generic
compiler identification string (e.g., "[GCC]") instead of the default
versioned one.

The rule is made conditional on UNVERSIONED_COMPILER being defined.

References: https://discuss.python.org/t/unversioned-compiler-symbol-for-getcompiler-c/91735
Fixes: #144121

Author: mcepl

Makefile.pre.in

@@ -1926,6 +1926,13 @@ Modules/getbuildinfo.o: $(PARSER_OBJS) \
 	      -DGITBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITBRANCH)`\"" \
 	      -o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
 
+ifdef UNVERSIONED_COMPILER
+Python/getcompiler.o: $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c Makefile
+	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
+		-DCOMPILER='"$(UNVERSIONED_COMPILER)"' \
+		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c
+endif
+
 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)"' \

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-01-21-19-28-11.gh-issue-144121.gaqpK-.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Make it possible for the COMPILER definition in getcompiler.c to be static
+in order to make builds reproducible.