Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-105 Severity: wishlist It would be good to add a parameter NICE in /etc/default/cron which gets fed to start-stop-daemon's -N option, if set and != 0.
Cronjobs aren't interactive by definition, so they usually don't need to run with the same priority as interactive jobs. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.6 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-18lenny6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam0g 1.0.1-5+lenny1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii sendmail [mail-transport-ag 8.14.4-poc.2 powerful, efficient, and scalable Versions of packages cron suggests: pn anacron <none> (no description available) pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii lockfile-progs 0.1.11-0.1 Programs for locking and unlocking ii logrotate 3.7.1-5 Log rotation utility -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org