perhaps 

apt-config dump | grep Arch
(case sensitive)

If you need to switch the install from i386 to amd64, it's tricky, but doable.

Cheers!
-Phil

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with
> "uname" (or perhaps some other command or file) that identifies that a
> 32-bit version of some linux distro has been installed on a 64-bit
> system?
> 
> rday
> 
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