winbuild: add note on auto-detection of MACHINE in Makefile.vc

Closes #1265

diff --git a/winbuild/Makefile.vc b/winbuild/Makefile.vc
index 1443dfa02e246da3e4e3ed855e9deb1a5287faf2..f78da434363a3cfb85247158017afcd4af64a171 100644 (file)
--- a/winbuild/Makefile.vc
+++ b/winbuild/Makefile.vc
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ ENABLE_SSPI = $(USE_SSPI)
 !ENDIF
 
 # default options
+
 !IFNDEF MACHINE
+# Note: nmake magically changes the value of PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE from "AMD64"
+# to "x86" when building in a 32 bit build environment on a 64 bit machine.
 !IF "$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)"=="AMD64"
 MACHINE = x64
 !ELSE