--- boa.orig	2003-11-22 18:06:51.000000000 -0500
+++ boa	2003-11-22 18:12:51.000000000 -0500
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
 # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-www/boa/files/boa.rc6,v 1.3 2003/02/14 23:10:07 vapier Exp $
 
+# NB: Standard config is in /etc/boa/boa.conf
+# NB: Arguments to pass to boa are in /etc/conf.d/boa
+
 depend() {
     need net
 }
@@ -13,12 +16,23 @@
         eerror "There is a sample file in /usr/share/docs/boa"
         return 1
     fi
+
+    # If user specifies a '-c <dir>' in /etc/conf.d/boa, boa
+    # requires there be a boa.conf in that directory.
+    if [ -e /etc/conf.d/boa ] ; then
+        SR=`echo ${BOA_OPTS} | awk  '{ FS = " " } { print $2}'`
+        if [ ! -e ${SR}/boa.conf ]; then
+            eerror "You need an ${SR}/boa.conf to run Boa"
+            eerror "There is a sample file in /usr/share/docs/boa"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 start() {
     checkconfig || return 1
     ebegin "Starting Boa"
-    start-stop-daemon --quiet --start --exec /usr/sbin/boa
+    start-stop-daemon --quiet --start --exec /usr/sbin/boa -- ${BOA_OPTS}
     eend $?
 }