Re: When is $Config{archname} different from -v output?

On 12 Mar 2018 00:25:15 -0000, Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
wrote:

> In commit 46807d8e80 in 2008 a comment was added to the -v test about
> how on some platforms, such as DG/UX, $Config{archname} differs from
> the arch name in perl -v output, suggesting that such special cases
> be removed.
> 
> Later, when DG/UX support was removed, the comment was changed to say
> 'There may be build configs where this test will fail', still suggest-
> ing that special cases be removed.
> 
> Are there still any such special cases (of the archname in perl -v
> output being different from $Config{archname})?  If not, we can delete
> that comment (which is confusing and made me spend time digging).

If not, now is the time to set the new rule that it should not.
I'm in favor

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• When is $Config{archname} different from -v output? by Father Chrysostomos
• Re: When is $Config{archname} different from -v output? by H.Merijn Brand