Public bug reported: In the manual page and it the option name renice refers to nice value as to "scheduling priority". While according to $ info coreutils 'nice invocation' A niceness should not be confused with a scheduling priority, which lets applications determine the order in which threads are scheduled to run. Unlike a priority, a niceness is merely advice to the scheduler, which the scheduler is free to ignore.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: bsdutils 1:2.19.1-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Feb 22 06:11:11 2012 SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938390 Title: renice confuses nice value with priority To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/938390/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs