luarocks / luarocks/luarocks

Fix platform overrides on Windows

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Description

As mentioned in #398 [here](https://github.com/keplerproject/luarocks/pull/398#issuecomment-115412937) and in the subsequent comments.

Take care of the order of platform overrides on Windows, maybe also rename"win32" to "windows".

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Research direction

Start with issue #398 and the linked pull-request discussion, including its subsequent comments, to understand the Windows platform-override problem. Trace the relevant LuaRocks platform-override entry point and define done as correcting the override order, with the possible win32-to-windows rename resolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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