From: Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:44:08 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: parallel: Allow a decimal load value to be specified with -l
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parallel: Allow a decimal load value to be specified with -l
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b0ac071..599ad9d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ moreutils (0.39) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * parallel: Fix to really avoid running new jobs when load is too high.
   * parallel: Fix logic error in code handling -l that could make parallel
     return a bogus 255 exit code when all jobs succeeded. Closes: #569617
+  * parallel: Allow a decimal load value to be specified with -l
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:16:10 -0500
 
diff --git a/parallel.c b/parallel.c
index 6bd4665..c3b9d67 100644
--- a/parallel.c
+++ b/parallel.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int wait_for_child(int options) {
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	int maxjobs = -1;
 	int curjobs = 0;
-	int maxload = -1;
+	double maxload = -1;
 	int argsatonce = 1;
 	int opt;
 	char **command = calloc(sizeof(char*), argc);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			break;
 		case 'l':
 			errno = 0;
-			maxload = strtoul(optarg, &t, 0);
+			maxload = strtod(optarg, &t);
 			if (errno != 0 || (t-optarg) != strlen(optarg)) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "option '%s' is not a number\n",
 					optarg);