Index: lib/libalias/alias_util.c
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libalias/alias_util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 alias_util.c
--- lib/libalias/alias_util.c	5 Jul 2004 11:10:57 -0000	1.14
+++ lib/libalias/alias_util.c	6 Jul 2004 10:09:57 -0000
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@
 		nbytes -= 2;
 	}
 	if (nbytes == 1) {
-		oddbyte = 0;
-		((u_char *) & oddbyte)[0] = *(u_char *) ptr;
-		((u_char *) & oddbyte)[1] = 0;
+#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+		oddbyte = *(uint8_t *)ptr;
+#else
+		oddbyte = *(uint8_t *)ptr * 256;
+#endif
 		sum += oddbyte;
 	}
 	sum = (sum >> 16) + (sum & 0xffff);