diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index 801d724..e768578 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ autoreconf -f -i . # Modules/_ctypes/libffi
 # prevent make from trying to rebuild asdl stuff, which requires existing
 # python installation
 touch Parser/asdl* Python/Python-ast.c Include/Python-ast.h
+# use just gcc instead of [GCC 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292]..
+echo '#define COMPILER "[GCC]"' >> pyconfig.h.in
+# use a compilation date equivalent to the source tarball.
+printf '#define DATE "%s %s %s"\n' $(date -u -r %{SOURCE0} +"%b %d %Y") >> pyconfig.h.in
+printf '#define TIME "%s"\n' $(date -u -r %{SOURCE0} +"%T") >> pyconfig.h.in
 ########################################
 # configure
 ########################################
diff --git a/python.changes b/python.changes
index 7a9d9e3..96f91a2 100644
--- a/python.changes
+++ b/python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 31 02:51:56 UTC 2010 - cristian.rodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Provide "fake" build enviroment information
+* build date replaced by source tarball modify date
+* compiler string replaced by "GCC"
+* This is intended to avoid republishing the packages
+  over and over again. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 26 11:42:44 UTC 2010 - jmatejek@novell.com
 
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index c72dfe6..caa3e7b 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ autoreconf -f -i . # Modules/_ctypes/libffi
 # prevent make from trying to rebuild asdl stuff, which requires existing
 # python installation
 touch Parser/asdl* Python/Python-ast.c Include/Python-ast.h
+# use just gcc instead of [GCC 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292]..
+echo '#define COMPILER "[GCC]"' >> pyconfig.h.in
+# use a compilation date equivalent to the source tarball.
+printf '#define DATE "%s %s %s"\n' $(date -u -r %{SOURCE0} +"%b %d %Y") >> pyconfig.h.in
+printf '#define TIME "%s"\n' $(date -u -r %{SOURCE0} +"%T") >> pyconfig.h.in
 ########################################
 # configure
 ########################################
@@ -380,11 +385,9 @@ install -m 644 %{S:3} %{S:4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/profile.d
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%post
-%{run_ldconfig}
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun
-%{run_ldconfig}
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files idle
 %defattr(644, root, root, 755)