read_bytes (r, raw_bias, sizeof raw_bias);
if (float_identify (100.0, raw_bias, sizeof raw_bias, &r->float_format) == 0)
{
- sys_warn (r, _("Compression bias is not the usual "
- "value of 100, or system file uses unrecognized "
- "floating-point format."));
+ uint8_t zero_bias[8] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+
+ if (memcmp (raw_bias, zero_bias, 8))
+ sys_warn (r, _("Compression bias is not the usual "
+ "value of 100, or system file uses unrecognized "
+ "floating-point format."));
+ else
+ {
+ /* Some software is known to write all-zeros to this
+ field. Such software also writes floating-point
+ numbers in the format that we expect by default
+ (it seems that all software most likely does, in
+ reality), so don't warn in this case. */
+ }
+
if (r->integer_format == INTEGER_MSB_FIRST)
r->float_format = FLOAT_IEEE_DOUBLE_BE;
else