If you want set up a parallel service, without modify the file, this option is safe because updates could change the linux script.
The procedure has little differences.
1 - You can put the script with a new name, without delete or overwrite the original one, both in the main system folder
/etc/rc.d
otherwise, much better and highly advisable on a BSD system, under the software folder
/urs/local/etc/rc.d