[MinGW-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-3123385 ] uname gives wrong machine

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Bugs item #3123385, was opened at 2010-11-30 03:31
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Category: MSYS
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Jasper  (jaspertheperson)
Assigned to: Cesar Strauss (cstrauss)
Summary: uname gives wrong machine

Initial Comment:
when running msys 1.0.16 under 64-bit windows 7 I get i686 for uname -m or -a when I should get x86_64

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Comment By: FangQ (fangq)
Date: 2012-01-16 10:08

Message:
It would be great if someone can fix this. Doesn't seem to be too
difficult.

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2010-12-02 05:08

Message:
This should be fixable.  It will depend on what the windows function
returns.

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