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<TITLE>GNU gettext utilities - 10 Producing Binary MO Files</TITLE>
@@ -522,14 +522,13 @@ Align strings to <VAR>number</VAR> bytes (default: 1).
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<A NAME="IDX1047"></A>
Write out 32-bit numbers in the given byte order. The possible values are
-<CODE>big</CODE> and <CODE>little</CODE>. The default depends on the platform, namely
-on the endianness of the CPU.
+<CODE>big</CODE> and <CODE>little</CODE>. The default is <CODE>little</CODE>.
MO files of any endianness can be used on any platform. When a MO file has
an endianness other than the platform's one, the 32-bit numbers from the MO
file are swapped at runtime. The performance impact is negligible.
-This option can be useful to produce MO files that are independent of the
+This option can be useful to produce MO files that are optimized for one
platform.
<DT><SAMP>&lsquo;--no-hash&rsquo;</SAMP>
@@ -897,8 +896,8 @@ which appears below.
<A NAME="IDX1105"></A>
The first two words serve the identification of the file. The magic
number will always signal GNU MO files. The number is stored in the
-byte order of the generating machine, so the magic number really is
-two numbers: <CODE>0x950412de</CODE> and <CODE>0xde120495</CODE>.
+byte order used when the MO file was generated, so the magic number
+really is two numbers: <CODE>0x950412de</CODE> and <CODE>0xde120495</CODE>.
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