There is a bug in the lzip software download version 1.0 as of the date I posted this.
The zero percent compression option, actually produces a 1 byte file. I understand that this data is control data of some sort. Do the math though, and you soon realise that this is actually an infinite amount of overhead in the lzip file structure. I am no mathematician, but doesnt that totally negate the benefits of infinite compression?
I think that Sourceforge had better fix this pronto especially while there are potentially thousands of Slashdot readers trying to get this working before the day is out.
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There is a bug in the lzip software download version 1.0 as of the date I posted this. The zero percent compression option, actually produces a 1 byte file. I understand that this data is control data of some sort. Do the math though, and you soon realise that this is actually an infinite amount of overhead in the lzip file structure. I am no mathematician, but doesnt that totally negate the benefits of infinite compression? I think that Sourceforge had better fix this pronto especially while there are potentially thousands of Slashdot readers trying to get this working before the day is out.