The sys-devel/icecream-1.0.0-r1 initscript uses --name instead of --pidfile which makes it stop the instances within LXC containers when you stop the instance on the host system. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start sys-devel/icecream on an LXC container 2. Start sys-devel/icecream on the LXC host 3. Stop sys-devel/icecream on the LXC host Actual Results: You notice the instance in the host and in the container(s) being stopped. Expected Results: I expected only the instance on the LXC host to be stopped.