--- ./util/mkbuildinf.pl.orig   2023-02-07 08:43:33.000000000 -0500
+++ ./util/mkbuildinf.pl	2024-03-27 14:36:49.974651246 -0400
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 my ($cflags, $platform) = @ARGV;
 $cflags = "compiler: $cflags";
 
-my $date = gmtime($ENV{'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'} || time()) . " UTC";
+my $date = gmtime($ENV{'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'} || '0') . " UTC";
 
 print <<"END_OUTPUT";
 /*
@@ -36,21 +36,7 @@
  * literal
  */
 static const char compiler_flags[] = {
-END_OUTPUT
-
-my $ctr = 0;
-foreach my $c (split //, $cflags) {
-    $c =~ s|([\\'])|\\$1|;
-    # Max 16 characters per line
-    if  (($ctr++ % 16) == 0) {
-        if ($ctr != 1) {
-            print "\n";
-        }
-        print "    ";
-    }
-    print "'$c',";
-}
-print <<"END_OUTPUT";
-'\\0'
+    'r','e','p','r','o','d','u','c','i','b','l','e',' ','b','u','i',
+    'l','d','\\0'
 };
 END_OUTPUT