I've just uploaded 1.74.1-1 to Debian, which contains something similar to Sean's patch.
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ other big endian... Graham Inggs
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ other big e... Graham Inggs
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ other big e... James R Barlow
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ other b... Jeff Breidenbach
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ oth... Jeff Breidenbach
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+ oth... Graham Inggs
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s390x (+... Stefan Weil
- Bug#849094: liblept5: Broken on s39... Jeff Breidenbach