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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-11-19 22:53:25 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-11-19 22:53:25 +0000
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Bug #247625 - Update PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND docs to reflect that it is
unset by default. (trunk r12002:12004) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12005
-rw-r--r--cnf/make.globals4
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.58
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cnf/make.globals b/cnf/make.globals
index 839b74fce..263aa358b 100644
--- a/cnf/make.globals
+++ b/cnf/make.globals
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5"
# Minimum size of existing file for RESUMECOMMAND to be called.
PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K"
-# Command called to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses.
-# Note: should be wrapped inside a uid check
-#PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}"
-
# Number of times 'emerge --sync' will run before giving up.
PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 4913747e4..a3acaf563 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -488,11 +488,9 @@ as K, M, or G.
This variable should contain a command for portage to call in order
to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses. The command
string should contain a \\${PID} place-holder that will be substituted
-with an integer pid. For more information about ionice, see \fBionice\fR(1).
-Set this variable to an empty string if you do not want portage to call
-ionice.
-.br
-Defaults to "ionice -c 3 -p \\${PID}".
+with an integer pid. For example, a value of "ionice \-c 3 \-p \\${PID}"
+will set idle io priority. For more information about ionice, see
+\fBionice\fR(1). This variable is unset by default.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_NICENESS\fR = \fI[number]\fR
The value of this variable will be added to the current nice level that