Bug#2715: usr/bin/nice -- won't work with less than 5

To: bcwhite@verisim.com
Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com
Subject: Bug#2715: usr/bin/nice -- won't work with less than 5
From: david@elo.ods.com (David Engel)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:11:18 -0500 (CDT)
Message-id: <[🔎] m0uA02w-000Bj4C@elo.ods.com>
Reply-to: david@elo.ods.com (David Engel), debian-bugs@pixar.com
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 3176684E.40430AF9@verisim.com> from "Brian C. White" at Apr 18, 96 12:05:34 pm

> Package: shellutils
> Maintainer: David P. Boswell <daveb@tau.space.thiokol.com>
> Version: 1.12-5
>
> /usr/bin/nice will not work for me if I try a value less than 5...

This is actually a long standing bug in libc.  It is fixed in libc
5.3.9.  I'll reassign this bug to libc5 and try to remember to include
the fix in the next revision of libc 5.2.18.

David
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  - From: "Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>

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