On Sunday, Nov 23, 2003, at 12:28 America/Chicago, Joel Hayhurst wrote:
Is it possible to set Fink to run "nice" automatically? I noticed Gentoo's emerge had this feature. As we all know, compiling can be a major drain on using the system. As it is, I just type "nice" before any compilation, but I think it would benefit most people who might not know otherwise if such an option were on by default, plus it would save the rest of us a little bit of typing.What I do is start Fink Commander then get its pid (say 496) then
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All fink commands then run at low priority. This has allowed me to use my G4 400MHz for the last 2 weeks while constantly compiling. I've been running this way for at least 6 months. The machine is somewhat sluggish but useable.
Murphy was definitely an optimist.
