[Bug 938390] Re: renice confuses nice value with priority

[Joseph Salisbury]

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Package changed: util-linux (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => New

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Title:
  renice confuses nice value with priority

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  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)

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