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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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	From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 29 16:52:53 2012

	> Is it possible to reduce priority
	> of port building processes with
	> something like "nice +19 make" (tcsh syntax)?

	Sure, I do it all the time.

ok, thanks.
I'll try it next time.

Anton