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[Bug bootstrap/50646] configure detects big endian on little endian system.
- From: "joseph at codesourcery dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:46:20 +0000
- Subject: [Bug bootstrap/50646] configure detects big endian on little endian system.
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- References: <bug-50646-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50646
--- Comment #3 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot com> 2011-10-07 21:46:20 UTC ---
Until comparatively recently, the only thing that cared about host
endianness was decimal floating-point support. However, now the lexer
cares as well.
What is the host system for which the endianness test gets that far? For
most hosts the endianness would be determined based on the header tests.