Currently init-script cannot correct shutdown bird server. It can't track socket /var/run/bird.ctl (this file not regular file but socket, so there should be -S check instead -f), additionly path for birdc is wrong - it should be /usr/bin/birdc, not /usr/sbin/birdc. Attached diff for init IPv4 1.2.4. For IPv6 same patch should be applied.
Created attachment 248155 [details, diff] initd-v4-bird-1.2.4.diff
Created attachment 248162 [details] initd-v4-bird-1.2.4 Additionly since 1.2.4 bird support reloading function, full init-script for IPv4 (with fix for stopping) included.
Please replace '&> ...' with '> ... 2>&1' as with OpenRC the init.d scripts are supposed to be POSIX-compliant.
Created attachment 248245 [details] bird Rewritten initscript for bird, now it uses start-stop-daemon.
+*bird-1.3.0 (31 Mar 2011) + + 31 Mar 2011; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> +files/1.3.0-v4-v6-build.patch, + -bird-1.2.3-r1.ebuild, +files/initd-v4-bird-1.3.0, + +files/initd-v6-bird-1.3.0, +bird-1.3.0.ebuild: + New upstream release, adds iBGP, multipath support, layer 2 link state + detection, IPv6 RAs and many bugfixes. OSPF now supports point-to-multipoint + interfaces. Azamat H. Hackimov has provided completely new initscripts and + important socket path fixes, closes bugs #338118 and #338188. Your contribution to Gentoo Linux is highly appreciated!