Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.218
diff -c -r1.218 configure.in
*** configure.in	2001/05/11 16:10:56	1.218
--- configure.in	2001/05/28 01:10:03
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*** 66,71 ****
--- 66,72 ----
  	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
  
  	case $MACHDEP in
+ 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
  	'')	MACHDEP="unknown";;
  	esac
  fi
Index: Lib/distutils/util.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/util.py,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -c -r1.63 util.py
*** Lib/distutils/util.py	2001/03/23 17:30:26	1.63
--- Lib/distutils/util.py	2001/05/28 01:10:03
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*** 62,67 ****
--- 62,68 ----
      elif osname[:3] == "aix":              
          return "%s-%s.%s" % (osname, version, release)
      elif osname[:6] == "cygwin":
+         osname = "cygwin"
          rel_re = re.compile (r'[\d.]+')
          m = rel_re.match(release)
          if m: