--- /Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:53.158028016 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:53.162028016 +0200
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     /**
      * Byte used to pad output.
      */
-    private static final byte PAD = (byte) '=';
+private static final byte PAD  = null ;
 
     /**
      * Contains the Base64 values <code>0</code> through <code>63</code> accessed by using character encodings as
