diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c19b2c..28275ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 62499 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 62644 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
 #
@@ -2184,6 +2184,17 @@
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_sys_machine" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_sys_machine" >&6; }
 
+# temporary check to find out which exact processor
+# is in the Debian/alpha buildbot.
+case $ac_sys_system in
+    Linux*)
+        case $ac_sys_machine in alpha*)
+            cat /proc/cpuinfo
+            ;;
+        esac
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # checks for alternative programs
 
 # compiler flags are generated in two sets, BASECFLAGS and OPT.  OPT is just
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bc9a02e..a7c96f9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -350,6 +350,17 @@
 ac_sys_machine=`uname -m`
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_sys_machine)
 
+# temporary check to find out which exact processor
+# is in the Debian/alpha buildbot.
+case $ac_sys_system in
+    Linux*)
+        case $ac_sys_machine in alpha*)
+            cat /proc/cpuinfo
+            ;;
+        esac
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # checks for alternative programs
 
 # compiler flags are generated in two sets, BASECFLAGS and OPT.  OPT is just