in reply to Perl Distribution differences for i686/x86_64 and ia64 over Linux.

ia64 Linux run x86 code in an emulated 32bits environment. Your script is probably launching a 32bit version of uname. Try...
`/bin/uname -m`
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Re^2: Perl Distribution differences for i686/x86_64 and ia64 over Linux.
by jpl (Monk) on Apr 12, 2011 at 13:00 UTC

    Good call!

    /emul/ia32-linux/bin/uname -m i686
    That nicely explains what the OP observed.