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build/1148: Audit GDB for missing BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN checks


>Number:         1148
>Category:       build
>Synopsis:       Audit GDB for missing BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN checks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          maintenance
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 21 16:18:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ac131313 at redhat dot com
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
BFD's byte order enum has three values:

- little
- big
- unknown

Unfortunatly, some slabs of gdb code asssume !big === little (see arch-utils.c:set_endian_from_file() for an example).
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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