Use 'uname -m', which in practice returns the processor architecture. --- psm-3.3/buildflags.mak~ 2014-08-20 21:00:18.000000000 +0100 +++ psm-3.3/buildflags.mak 2017-10-22 12:02:12.855291447 +0100 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif export os ?= $(shell uname -s | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]') -export arch := $(shell uname -p | sed -e 's,\(i[456]86\|athlon$$\),i386,') +export arch := $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's,\(i[456]86\|athlon$$\),i386,') CC ?= gcc