I did a quick "diff -r -u" on the apt versions 0.7.5 vs 0.7.6.  And my guess 
was right:

--- apt-0.7.5/apt-pkg/init.cc   2007-07-24 14:33:27.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.7.6/apt-pkg/init.cc   2007-08-02 00:48:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 const char *pkgLibVersion = Stringfy(APT_PKG_MAJOR) "."
                             Stringfy(APT_PKG_MINOR) "."
                             Stringfy(APT_PKG_RELEASE);
-const char *pkgCPU = COMMON_CPU;
-const char *pkgOS = COMMON_OS;

and later

--- apt-0.7.5/apt-pkg/init.h    2007-07-24 14:33:27.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.7.6/apt-pkg/init.h    2007-08-02 00:48:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@

 extern const char *pkgVersion;
 extern const char *pkgLibVersion;
-extern const char *pkgOS;
-extern const char *pkgCPU;


The maintainers of the "apt" package has simply removed the pkgCPU variable in 
the
upgrade from 0.7.5 to 0.7.6.

I leave it to the apt-listchanges maintainers to choose whether to raise hell 
against
the "apt" maintainers for doing such a thing without even mentioning it in the 
changelog - or
whether it is not worth the effort - for all I know, the functionality of 
apt-listchanges
does not really need this variable.

best regards
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