/usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh not working?

[Kövesdán Gábor]

For scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d You should add an entry to /etc/rc.conf.
For example, if You script is somedaemon.sh, then add 
somedaemon_enable='YES' to /etc/rc.conf and it will run at the next boot.

Cheers,

Gábor Kövesdán

Michael W. Lucas wrote:

>I'm certain this is documented somewhere, but danged if I can find it.
>
>I have a whole variety of custom scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  For
>years now, simply giving them a name ending in .sh and making them
>executable has been sufficient to make them start on boot.
>
>On 5.x, it's not.  And now, having upgraded to 4.11-s on some older
>boxes and running portupgrade -a, it's not.
>
>Obviously these scripts need something else.  There's no fancy rcNG
>infrastructure in them; is rcNG a requirement for startup scripts now?
>Any pointers on where I can find the right documentation?
>
>Thanks,
>
>==ml
>
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