The rc script /etc/init.d/local contains the line (in the function stop()): eend $? $"Failed to stop local" The second $ seems to be a typo.
it isnt really a typo ... it's the bash form for localizing strings
Fixed in http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/openrc.git;a=commitdiff;h=e7d6ddc3f43f1bb4c22c8a5bac48a902ebdec20a This causes issues with some non bash shells, good catch.
Fixed in 0.4.0.