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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "rpmlead.h"
+
+int writeLead(int fd, struct rpmlead *lead)
+{
+ struct rpmlead l;
+
+ memcpy(&l, lead, sizeof(*lead));
+
+ l.magic[0] = RPMLEAD_MAGIC0;
+ l.magic[1] = RPMLEAD_MAGIC1;
+ l.magic[2] = RPMLEAD_MAGIC2;
+ l.magic[3] = RPMLEAD_MAGIC3;
+
+ l.type = htons(l.type);
+ l.archnum = htons(l.archnum);
+ l.osnum = htons(l.osnum);
+ l.signature_type = htons(l.signature_type);
+
+ write(fd, &l, sizeof(l));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int readLead(int fd, struct rpmlead *lead)
+{
+ read(fd, lead, sizeof(*lead));
+
+ lead->type = ntohs(lead->type);
+ lead->archnum = ntohs(lead->archnum);
+ lead->osnum = ntohs(lead->osnum);
+ lead->signature_type = ntohs(lead->signature_type);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+