/usr/local/etc/rc.d missing

[Andrew Wood]

Hi

I have a clean install of FreeBSD 14 but running ls /usr/local/etc shows
no rc.d directory there.

I was under the impression this is where packages should add their rc
scripts? Has this been changed?

Thanks

Andrew

[Paul Procacci]

That is the correct location. That hasn't changed.

~Paul

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[Pete Wright]

have you installed any ports or packages that are daemons yet? that is
the correct location, so might just be a matter of it not existing
because no software depends on it yet since the base system just needs
/etc/rc.d/

-p

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[Andrew Wood]

On 12/06/2025 19:08, Pete Wright wrote:
>
>
> have you installed any ports or packages that are daemons yet? that is
> the correct location, so might just be a matter of it not existing
> because no software depends on it yet since the base system just needs
> /etc/rc.d/
>
> -p
>

Thanks Pete

No ive not installed any daemons yet. Is each daemon responsible for
creating it with an mkdir -p then when it installs its script?

Im creating my own daemon which on install is complaining it does not
exist, so if so I will need to add an mkdir -p  to the install script of
the package.

Seems a bit strange I would have expected a directory to exist ready.

Thanks

Andrew

[Pete Wright]

it should be taken care of for you by the ports tree. so if your port
included an init script that would get included in your file manifest
for your pork or package, then the needed parent directories would be
created at install time.

if you are working outside of the ports tree then yea you'll probably
want to test for the existence of those directories before installing
files in them. although i'd highly recommend leveraging the ports tree
if possible when developing software for freebsd if possible
(https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/#porting-makefile)


-pete

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