Index: update-mime-database.c
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RCS file: /cvs/mime/shared-mime-info/update-mime-database.c,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 update-mime-database.c
--- update-mime-database.c	13 Oct 2003 09:43:38 -0000	1.30
+++ update-mime-database.c	1 Oct 2004 11:19:17 -0000
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@
 		out_mask = g_new(char, bytes);
 		for (b = 0; b < bytes; b++)
 		{
-			int shift = (bytes - b - 1) * 8;
+			int shift = (big_endian ? (bytes - b - 1) : b) * 8;
 			out_mask[b] = (mask >> shift) & 0xff;
 		}
 	}