Nginx fails to start because in a clean install (no apache) the apache user specified in the default config file doesn't exist. The ebuild should create the user, or create a new "nginx" user. * Checking nginx' configuration ... 2006/11/24 14:54:28 [emerg] 30280#0: getpwnam("apache") failed in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:1 2006/11/24 14:54:28 [emerg] 30280#0: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed * failed, please correct errors above [ !! ]
fixed in 0.5.4-r1, thanks for reporting.