From: Simon Warta <simon@kullo.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:27:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: winbuild: add note on auto-detection of MACHINE in Makefile.vc
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winbuild: add note on auto-detection of MACHINE in Makefile.vc

Closes #1265
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diff --git a/winbuild/Makefile.vc b/winbuild/Makefile.vc
index 1443dfa02..f78da4343 100644
--- 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