May be misleading but configuring before enabling
sounds better ( to me )

Maybe it was  trying to test for "running" instead ?
( not modifying flash while running ?? )

Best

--- /usr/sbin/rcctl.orig        Thu Mar 20 15:59:58 2025
+++ /usr/sbin/rcctl     Thu Mar 20 15:56:28 2025
@@ -448,9 +448,6 @@
                else
                        rcctl_err "invalid status \"${_args}\""
                fi
-       else
-               svc_get ${_svc} status || \
-                       rcctl_err "${svc} is not enabled"
        fi

        if svc_is_special ${_svc}; then