GNU bug report logs - #79414
the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: shi xuantong <sxt1001 <at> outlook.com>

Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 15:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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Message #16 received at 79414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Adler, Mark" <madler <at> alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: 79414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shi xuantong <sxt1001 <at> outlook.com>
Subject: Re: bug#79414: the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:40:43 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2025-09-09 11:12, Adler, Mark wrote:
> pigz reports "-inf%”. Alas, a lower-case “i”.

Thanks, good suggestion, I installed the attached into gzip.
[0001-gzip-report-Inf-for-negative-infinity.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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