[m-rev.] for post-commit review: avoid some unnecessary file rebuilds

[Zoltan Somogyi]

For review by anyone. The BEFORE and AFTER files are
extracts from the bootcheck output for the stage 3 slice directory,
with the difference being the effect of this diff.

Zoltan.
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