--- a/src/pr-output.cc	Mon Nov 21 16:13:47 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/pr-output.cc	Mon Nov 21 18:44:32 2005 +0000
@@ -1106,6 +1106,12 @@
 {
   if (fmt)
     {
+      // Unless explicitly asked for, always print in big-endian
+      // format for hex and bit formats.
+      //
+      //   {bit,hex}_format == 1: print big-endian
+      //   {bit,hex}_format == 2: print native
+
       if (hex_format)
 	{
 	  equiv tmp;
@@ -1151,9 +1157,6 @@
 	  equiv tmp;
 	  tmp.d = d;
 
-	  // Unless explicitly asked for, always print in big-endian
-	  // format.
-
 	  // XXX FIXME XXX -- is it correct to swap bytes for VAX
 	  // formats and not for Cray?
 
@@ -2125,6 +2128,12 @@
   size_t sz = d.byte_size();
   const unsigned char * tmpi = d.iptr();
 
+  // Unless explicitly asked for, always print in big-endian
+  // format for hex and bit formats.
+  //
+  //   {bit,hex}_format == 1: print big-endian
+  //   {bit,hex}_format == 2: print native
+
   if (hex_format)
     {
       char ofill = os.fill ('0');
@@ -2148,15 +2157,23 @@
     }
   else if (bit_format)
     {
-      if (bit_format > 1 || oct_mach_info::words_big_endian ())
+      if (oct_mach_info::words_big_endian ())
 	{
 	  for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; i++)
-	    PRINT_CHAR_BITS_SWAPPED (os, tmpi[i]);
+	    PRINT_CHAR_BITS (os, tmpi[i]);
 	}
       else
 	{
-	  for (int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-	    PRINT_CHAR_BITS (os, tmpi[i]);
+	  if (bit_format > 1)
+	    {
+	      for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; i++)
+		PRINT_CHAR_BITS_SWAPPED (os, tmpi[i]);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      for (int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		PRINT_CHAR_BITS (os, tmpi[i]);
+	    }
 	}
     }
   else