From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 18 11: 2:26 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 11:02:22 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dayspring.firedrake.org (dayspring.firedrake.org [195.82.105.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C784737B400; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from float by dayspring.firedrake.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1485Xq-0003lT-00; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:01:58 +0000 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:01:58 +0000 To: Joseph Scott Cc: Dan Langille , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: processing incoming mail messages (FreshPorts 2) Message-ID: <20001218190158.B14040@firedrake.org> References: <200012161822.HAA03654@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from joseph@randomnetworks.com on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:22:58AM -0800 From: void Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:22:58AM -0800, Joseph Scott wrote: > > If the problem is load then another approach would be to heavily > nice(1) the perl script the is launched when a commit mail comes in. I could be wrong, but I think there's a potential problem with this strategy -- namely, when processes are niced, they don't get to run as often, so they stick around longer, and they tend to pile up in memory. -- Ben 220 go.ahead.make.my.day ESMTP Postfix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message