Re: Improving the performance of system boot by eliding unused rc.d scripts and caching the result

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 09:51:44AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
 > > - the barrier scripts (e.g. LOGIN)
 > 
 > > The barrier scripts are needed only for ordering, [...]
 > 
 > If this really bothers someone, perhaps there could be a way for a
 > script to declare itself a barrier script?  Perhaps something a la
 > make's .PHONY, perhaps a naming convention, perhaps something else.

Is there any reason for the barrier scripts to physically exist?

I remember rewriting rcorder at mrg's suggestion ages ago, and then
never merging it, but I've completely forgotten both what it was about
and why it didn't get merged... but there's definitely no need to have
an empty/vacuous script just to have an ordering hook.

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David A. Holland
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