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to repeatedly read the conf files. Depending on what is enabled the files are being read anywhere from 15, 30, or more times currently. By loading the values in the environment this is reduced to 1, with perhaps a couple more, again depending on what is enabled. The speed-up for boot and shutdown is negligible when rc.conf is on local disk, noticable when accessing files over NFS, and dramatic when pulling rc.conf values from a database. This change also includes a minor optimization to the conditional for $_rc_conf_loaded.