>> I've just updated coreutils. I don't use test versions. So I have $ uname 
>> --version uname (GNU coreutils) 8.32 Packaged by Cygwin (8.32-1)
>> Now on 32-bit Cygwin I get
>> $ uname -s
>> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19044-WOW64 [ previously CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW ]
>> And on 64-bit Cygwin I get
>> $ uname -s
>> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19044 [ previously CYGWIN_NT-10.0 ]
>> Packaging error?
> That build is a value we have said for years we would make visible for 
> easier determination of Windows version used (21H2 for you and I), 
> previously only visible in /proc/version:
> $ head /proc/version
> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19044 version 3.3.5-341.x86_64 (corinna@calimero) (gcc 
> version 11.2.0 20210728 (Fedora Cygwin 11.2.0-2) (GCC) ) 2022-05-13 
> 12:27 UTC

Thank you.

> What products or processes does it affect negatively, and are there 
> arguments for suppression, other than backward compatibility?

None central. I have a script with sequenced 
case `uname -s` in
allowing for multiple platforms and it wobbled with this change.
I will rewrite it.
Thanks for clarity.
Fergus


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