Index: C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/rubygems/lib/rubygems/platform.rb
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--- C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/rubygems/lib/rubygems/platform.rb  (revision 1511)
+++ C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/rubygems/lib/rubygems/platform.rb  (working copy)
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@

   def self.new(arch) # :nodoc:
     case arch
+    when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
+      Gem::Platform.local
     when Gem::Platform::RUBY, nil, '' then
       Gem::Platform::RUBY
     else