Reduce the default PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND priority to "idle" priority since

it's probably suitable for most people. This way, even when the IO load is
very high, the impact on system responsiveness should be practically
unnoticeable.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11193

diff --git a/cnf/make.globals b/cnf/make.globals
index 0b29536fe2194bbcd56409e6eee2675d150944c6..f63fae2805a4a5841cd938dafc331f6101b5e769 100644 (file)
--- a/cnf/make.globals
+++ b/cnf/make.globals
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5"
 PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K"
 
 # Command called to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses.
-PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 2 -n 7 -p \${PID}"
+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 875060da2dc0ae216ebd50c9075cfbd472ef570d..4c291c0da42af8070f4d582c96bb304a24952902 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ 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 2 -n 7 -p \\${PID}".
+Defaults to "ionice -c 3 -p \\${PID}".
 .TP
 \fBPORTAGE_NICENESS\fR = \fI[number]\fR
 The value of this variable will be added to the current nice level that