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+/* This file should define __BYTE_ORDER as appropriate for the machine
+   in question.  See string/endian.h for how to define it.
+
+   If only the stub bits/endian.h applies to a particular configuration,
+   bytesex.h is generated by running a program on the host machine.
+   So if cross-compiling to a machine with a different byte order,
+   the bits/endian.h file for that machine must exist.  */
+
+#ifndef _ENDIAN_H
+# error "Never use <bits/endian.h> directly; include <endian.h> instead."
+#endif
+
+#error Machine byte order unknown.