The following reply was made to PR bin/29682; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: sigsegv@rambler.ru
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/29682
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:15:44 +0000

 magic files built on sparc64 machine for sparc64:
 
 u10# file /usr/share/misc/magic*
 /usr/share/misc/magic:          magic text file for file(1) cmd
 /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc:      magic binary file for file(1) cmd 
 (version 2) (big endian)
 /usr/share/misc/magic.mime:     magic text file for file(1) cmd
 /usr/share/misc/magic.mime.mgc: magic binary file for file(1) cmd 
 (version 2) (big endian)
 
 
 magic files cross-built on i386 machine for sparc64:
 
 u10# file /root/magics/*
 /root/magics/magic:          magic text file for file(1) cmd
 /root/magics/magic.mgc:      magic binary file for file(1) cmd (version 
 2) (little endian)
 /root/magics/magic.mime:     magic text file for file(1) cmd
 /root/magics/magic.mime.mgc: magic binary file for file(1) cmd (version 
 2) (little endian)
 
 I think binary files should all be 'big endian' this is what's causing 
 the problem