On 06/07/2013 22:19, Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jul 2013, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
On 06/07/2013 16:28, Glen Barber wrote:
Thanks Glen - the "patch" business is what's putting me off! I'm sure
once I've done it, nothing will stop me. Is there a page or *really
simple* guide to doing it, that assumes nothing?
Assuming the source in is /usr/src:
cd /usr/src/usr.bin/renice
cp renice.8 renice.8.orig
Edit the new version as desired. When done,
cd /usr/src
diff -u usr.bin/renice/renice.8.orig usr.bin/renice/renice.8 >
~/renice.diff
This is a bit easier if you use Subversion to check out the source.
I'm tempted to re-write the whole lot, but I'm successfully resisting.
The use of asides, "the affected processes will run only when nothing
else in the system wants to", and "administrative fiats" make me
twitchy. It seems more complicated than necessary and could stand
with some clarity improvements.
Thank you so much for the "idiot's guide". It's exactly what I needed
for the first time around.
As to the language style, I was also worrying about things like "...can
only monotonically increase...", but perhaps my memories of calculus are
sub-par and it'd be as clear as day to the rest of the world. I'm
inclined to do a radical rewrite and a tweak and post them both here for
the list to decide.
Regards, Frank.
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