2006.04.02 17:54 "Re: [Tiff] WORDS_BIGENDIAN makes libtiff platform dependent (3.8.2) and you have to undefine it on MacTel", by Joris Van Damme

Bob,

Maybe this had already been figured out before in your build environment and you just did not realize it?

Maybe it was easy to work out before, when there was a single clear human-editable configuration file, instead of the 'easy, versitale, portable, and very auto' makefile-libtool-autoconfig stuff?

I'm not sure that's what Edward meant to say, and I hate to make this troll remark, or say 'I told you so', but it seems the frequency of people complaining about build issues on the list does force us to draw some conclusions.

> Libtiff really does need to know the endian order

Still, one option is to detect it in the code by writing something to a word and reading back its first byte...

But that may not be sufficient now that makefile-libtool-autoconfig stuff is in place (or is it?), and solving all makefile-libtiff-autoconfig trouble, it may take some time before someone bothers with minor detail like actual code...

Speaking of minor detail, the BigTIFF proposal is nearly 2 years old now.

Best regards,

Joris Van Damme
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