--- /usr/portage/www-servers/tomcat/files/6/tomcat.init	2008-12-20 19:36:58.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/tomcat-6	2009-03-22 11:15:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@
 	init_env_vars
 
 	if [ ! -e "${CATALINA_TMPDIR}" ]; then
-		eerror "CATALINA_TMPDIR does not exist. Unable to start tomcat."
+		eerror "CATALINA_TMPDIR did not exist and was newly created."
		eerror "Please see /etc/conf.d/tomcat-6 for more information."
-		eend 1
+		mkdir "${CATALINA_TMPDIR}"
+		chown ${CATALINA_USER}:${CATALINA_GROUP} "${CATALINA_TMPDIR}"
 	fi
 
 	# Figure out what arguments to pass start_helper based on TOMCAT_START