--- /usr/portage/mail-filter/postgrey/files/postgrey.rc.new	2005-09-07 23:35:48.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/init.d/postgrey	2005-11-02 08:17:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
 	
 	# HACK -- start a subshell and corrects perms on the socket...
 	( if [ "x${POSTGREY_TYPE}" = "xunix" ]; then
-	sleep 2 && chmod a+rw,a-x ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; fi ) &
+	rm -f ${POSTGREY_SOCKET};
+	while ! test -S ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; do sleep 1; done;
+	chmod a+rw,a-x ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; fi ) &
 
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \
 		--exec /usr/sbin/postgrey -- \