Your message dated Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:06:44 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#497291: Please add an option to dpkg to allow using
lower process priority (nice level)
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.25
Severity: wishlist
On slow systems, dpkg uses up so much CPU time that all other processes
get slowed down even more than necessary. So it would be nice if dpkg
had a commandline option (to be used by aptitude/apt-get and others)
that would cause dpkg to lower its own priority (i.e. increase its nice
level) so that other processes get more chances to process user requests.
regards,
Sven
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-486
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
dpkg recommends no packages.
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Hi,
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 10:08:57 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> tag 497291 wontfix
> thanks
>
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Sven Mueller wrote:
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.13.25
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > On slow systems, dpkg uses up so much CPU time that all other processes
> > get slowed down even more than necessary. So it would be nice if dpkg
> > had a commandline option (to be used by aptitude/apt-get and others)
> > that would cause dpkg to lower its own priority (i.e. increase its nice
> > level) so that other processes get more chances to process user requests.
>
> Dpkg does not start by itself. The user has the possibility to use nice
> in its apt-get/aptitude call and it will be "forwarded" to the dpkg calls.
>
> Furthermore, it's not really the CPU but the I/O that are likely to slow
> down your machine.
>
> In the end, I really don't see this as a desirable dpkg feature. Since
> dokg is changing the system, it's best when to do it ASAP to limit the
> risk of interruption during its work and to limit the downtime of any
> service.
Agreed, and I think there's no much point in keeping this open. Thus
closing.
regards,
guillem
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