--- /usr/portage/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-12.ebuild	2012-12-05 21:13:29.000000000 +0400
+++ kmod-12.ebuild	2012-12-17 16:18:06.000000000 +0400
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 src_configure()
 {
 	econf \
-		--bindir=/bin \
+		--bindir=/sbin \
 		--with-rootlibdir=/$(get_libdir) \
 		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
 		$(use_enable tools) \
@@ -69,15 +69,12 @@
 	default
 	prune_libtool_files
 
+	# Compatibility symlinks (see #426698)
 	if use tools; then
 		local cmd
 		for cmd in depmod insmod lsmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do
-			dosym kmod /bin/${cmd}
+			dosym kmod /sbin/${cmd}
 		done
-		# Compatibility symlink(s):
-		# These are both hardcoded in the Linux kernel source tree wrt #426698
-		dosym /bin/kmod /sbin/depmod
-		dosym /bin/kmod /sbin/modprobe
 	fi
 
 	cat <<-EOF > "${T}"/usb-load-ehci-first.conf