Subject: Re: bug#79414: the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0
From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
To: shi xuantong <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:05:03 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

A negative compression ratio is correct when gzip's compressed output is 
larger than its input.

Arguably gzip should output "-Inf%" when the input is empty and the 
compressed output is not. But that's a mere nicety.