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

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From: shi xuantong <sxt1001 <at> outlook.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, "Adler, Mark" <madler <at> alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: "79414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <79414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#79414: the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:17:26 +0000

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Apologies,please disregard my previous msg. I misunderstood it earlier.

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Subject: Re: bug#79414: the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0

However, at this point, den is not zero. For the example provided in the email, den value is 37 and num value is -2

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Subject: Re: bug#79414: the ratio output by "gzip -l" is less than 0

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.

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