--- /dev/null
+diff -urN fetchmail-6.2.5/config.sub fetchmail-6.2.5.new/config.sub
+--- fetchmail-6.2.5/config.sub 2003-07-17 03:03:20.000000000 +0200
++++ fetchmail-6.2.5.new/config.sub 2006-03-30 00:36:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
+ | 580 | i960 | h8300 \
+ | x86 | ppcbe | mipsbe | mipsle | shbe | shle | armbe | armle \
+ | hppa | hppa1.0 | hppa1.1 | hppa2.0 | hppa2.0w | hppa2.0n \
+- | hppa64 \
++ | hppa64 | x86_64 \
+ | alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphapca5[67] \
+ | alphaev6[78] \
+ | we32k | ns16k | clipper | i370 | sh | powerpc | powerpcle \
+@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
+ # We use `pc' rather than `unknown'
+ # because (1) that's what they normally are, and
+ # (2) the word "unknown" tends to confuse beginning users.
+- i[34567]86)
++ i*86 | x86_64)
+ basic_machine=$basic_machine-pc
+ ;;
+ # Object if more than one company name word.
+@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
+ | mips-* | pyramid-* | tron-* | a29k-* | romp-* | rs6000-* \
+ | power-* | none-* | 580-* | cray2-* | h8300-* | h8500-* | i960-* \
+ | xmp-* | ymp-* \
+- | x86-* | ppcbe-* | mipsbe-* | mipsle-* | shbe-* | shle-* | armbe-* | armle-* \
++ | x86-* | x86_64-* | ppcbe-* | mipsbe-* | mipsle-* | shbe-* | shle-* | armbe-* | armle-* \
+ | hppa-* | hppa1.0-* | hppa1.1-* | hppa2.0-* | hppa2.0w-* \
+ | hppa2.0n-* | hppa64-* \
+ | alpha-* | alphaev[4-8]-* | alphaev56-* | alphapca5[67]-* \
+@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@
+ basic_machine=a29k-none
+ os=-bsd
+ ;;
++ amd64)
++ basic_machine=x86_64-pc
++ ;;
++ amd64-*)
++ basic_machine=x86_64-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`
++ ;;
+ amdahl)
+ basic_machine=580-amdahl
+ os=-sysv