Thanks for bringing this up. ** Description changed:
+ Test Case + --------- + 1) Install apache2 from the -release pocket + 2) Run unattended-upgrades + 3) Observe apache2 running with a niceness of 19 + 4) Downgrade apache2 to the version from the -release pocket + 5) Install the version of unattended-upgrades from -proposed + 6) Run unattended-upgrades + 7) Observe apache2 running with a niceness of 0 i.e. no niceness + + Since version 0.81, unattended-upgrades does the upgrade calculation with os.nice(19). To finish the nice block in /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade, the following call is used: os.nice(0) Since the argument is interpreted as incremental, this should be: os.nice(-19) Without this fix, this problem is back: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701850 "unattended-upgrades: nice 19/ionice idle inherited by restarted processes" Found in the trusty version (0.82.1ubuntu2), but probably in any version (including Debian) since 0.81. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422345 Title: stop being nice does not work Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Trusty: In Progress Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Utopic: In Progress Bug description: Test Case --------- 1) Install apache2 from the -release pocket 2) Run unattended-upgrades 3) Observe apache2 running with a niceness of 19 4) Downgrade apache2 to the version from the -release pocket 5) Install the version of unattended-upgrades from -proposed 6) Run unattended-upgrades 7) Observe apache2 running with a niceness of 0 i.e. no niceness Since version 0.81, unattended-upgrades does the upgrade calculation with os.nice(19). To finish the nice block in /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade, the following call is used: os.nice(0) Since the argument is interpreted as incremental, this should be: os.nice(-19) Without this fix, this problem is back: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701850 "unattended-upgrades: nice 19/ionice idle inherited by restarted processes" Found in the trusty version (0.82.1ubuntu2), but probably in any version (including Debian) since 0.81. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1422345/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
