Debian bug report logs - #853, boring messages

Subject: Bug#853: `nice' does not do anything
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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar>

Package: shellutils
Version: 1.12-3

$ (while true; do true; done) &
[1] 20015
$ time nice -20 ls
Mail        t           typescript
0.00user 0.10system 0:00.50elapsed 19%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (26major+116minor)pagefaults 0swaps
$ time /old/usr/bin/nice -20 ls
Mail        t           typescript
0.00user 0.08system 0:02.73elapsed 2%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (17major+85minor)pagefaults 0swaps
$ nice -20 nice
0
$ /old/usr/bin/nice -20 nice
14
$ strace nice -20 true 2>&1 | grep setprio
setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 0)         = 0
$ strace /old/usr/bin/nice -20 true 2>&1 | grep setprio
setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 20)        = 0
$ type nice
nice is /usr/bin/nice
$

Honestly, come on, we can do better than this !

Ian.

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
Subject: Bug#853: Acknowledgement (was: `nice' does not do anything)
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