>Number:         6545
>Category:       port-pmax
>Synopsis:       file(1) reports invalid byte order for DECStation binaries
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec  8 00:05:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Aaron J. Grier
>Organization:
>Release:        1.3 and file <= 3.26
>Environment:
>Description:
	file(1) reports invalid byte order for DECStation binaries
	compiled with gcc.  DECStations are Little Endian, but file
	reports files as "MIPS R3000_BE - invalid byte order."
>How-To-Repeat:
	run file on any gcc compiled file on a DECStation:
	goldberry:~$ file /bin/sh
	/bin/sh: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, MIPS R3000_BE - invalid byte
	order, version 1, statically linked, stripped
>Fix:
	Fix the magic (5) database, I imagine, though maybe there's a problem
	with the source for the file command with regard to endianness.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>System: NetBSD goldberry 1.3H NetBSD 1.3H (sys) #24: Sun Oct 25 14:36:22 PST 1998 agrier@goldberry:/usr/local/src/NetBSD/src/sys pmax