merge nohup niceness changes

BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ jcole@jcole.burghcom.com
 jcole@tetra.bedford.progress.com
 jcole@tetra.spaceapes.com
 matt@work.mysql.com
-mwagner@evoq.home.mwagner.org
 monty@donna.mysql.com
 monty@work.mysql.com
+mwagner@evoq.home.mwagner.org
 paul@central.snake.net
 paul@work.mysql.com
 sasha@mysql.sashanet.com
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ serg@infomag.ape.relarn.ru
 serg@work.mysql.com
 sinisa@work.mysql.com
 tim@localhost.polyesthetic.msg
+tim@threads.polyesthetic.msg
 tim@work.mysql.com
 tonu@work.mysql.com

configure.in

@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(KILL, kill, kill)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING("for kill switches")
 if $ac_cv_path_KILL -0 $$
 then
-  CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -0 \$\$PID"
+  CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -0 \$\$PID > /dev/null 2>&1"
 elif kill -s 0 $$
 then
-  CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -s 0 \$\$PID"
+  CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -s 0 \$\$PID > /dev/null 2>&1"
 else
   AC_MSG_WARN([kill -0 to check for pid seems to fail])
-    CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -s SIGCONT \$\$PID"
+    CHECK_PID="$ac_cv_path_KILL -s SIGCONT \$\$PID > /dev/null 2>&1"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(CHECK_PID)
 AC_MSG_RESULT("$CHECK_PID")