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Re: xlaunch small glitch


On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:34 AM, cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Corinna Vinschen
>> 
>> So now we would have the sysname
>> 
>>  CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW64
> 
> How about a change to something like CYGWIN_NT-W32-10.0 and CYGWIN_NT-W64-10.0 instead?

Thatâs a bigger change than the one already done, so more likely to break more scripts.

But also, your change loses information.  âWOW64â didnât mean â32-bit Cygwin,â it meant â32-bit Cygwin *on* 64-bit Windows.â  32-bit Cygwin on 32-bit Windows just says âCYGWIN_NT-10.0â, just like 64-on-64.

If you want to know bitness, you need to test via uname -m.
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