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configure: use 'uname -m' to find out host architecture Before 'uname -m' was only the fallback after trying 'uname -p', but the former is more reliable across platforms, so just use it directly. This should hopefully address Bugzilla #1560.

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    ;;
  esac


  # host's CPU/instruction set
   host_arch=$(uname -p 2>&1)
   case "$host_arch" in
   i386|sparc|ppc|alpha|arm|mips|vax)
     ;;
   powerpc) # Darwin returns 'powerpc'
     host_arch=ppc
     ;;
   *) # uname -p on Linux returns 'unknown' for the processor type,
      # OpenBSD returns 'Intel Pentium/MMX ("Genuine Intel" 586-class)'

      # Maybe uname -m (machine hardware name) returns something we
      # recognize.

      # x86/x86pc is used by QNX
      case "$(uname -m 2>&1)" in
      x86_64|amd64|i[3-9]86*|x86|x86pc|k5|k6|k6_2|k6_3|k6-2|k6-3|pentium*|athlon*|i586_i686|i586-i686|BePC) host_arch=i386 ;;
      ia64) host_arch=ia64 ;;
      macppc|ppc) host_arch=ppc ;;
      ppc64) host_arch=ppc64 ;;
      alpha) host_arch=alpha ;;

      s390x) host_arch=s390x ;;
      *mips*) host_arch=mips ;;
      vax) host_arch=vax ;;
      xtensa*) host_arch=xtensa ;;
      *) host_arch=UNKNOWN ;;
    esac
    ;;
  esac
else # if test -z "$_target"
  system_name=$(echo $_target | cut -d '-' -f 2)
  case "$(echo $system_name | tr A-Z a-z)" in
    linux) system_name=Linux ;;

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    ;;
  esac


  # host's CPU/instruction set
  case "$(uname -m 2>&1)" in
      x86_64|amd64|i[3-9]86*|x86|x86pc|k5|k6|k6_2|k6_3|k6-2|k6-3|pentium*|athlon*|i586_i686|i586-i686|BePC) host_arch=i386 ;;
      ia64) host_arch=ia64 ;;
      macppc|ppc) host_arch=ppc ;;
      ppc64) host_arch=ppc64 ;;
      alpha) host_arch=alpha ;;

      s390x) host_arch=s390x ;;
      *mips*) host_arch=mips ;;
      vax) host_arch=vax ;;
      xtensa*) host_arch=xtensa ;;
      *) host_arch=UNKNOWN ;;
  esac
else # if test -z "$_target"
  system_name=$(echo $_target | cut -d '-' -f 2)
  case "$(echo $system_name | tr A-Z a-z)" in
    linux) system_name=Linux ;;