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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:01:58 +0000
From:      void <float@firedrake.org>
To:        Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com>
Cc:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: processing incoming mail messages (FreshPorts 2)
Message-ID:  <20001218190158.B14040@firedrake.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012181119070.71411-100000@mothra.ecs.csus.edu>; from joseph@randomnetworks.com on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:22:58AM -0800
References:  <200012161822.HAA03654@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012181119070.71411-100000@mothra.ecs.csus.edu>

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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


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