https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438758 Creating the mutex directory in /var/run once is useless since its contents vanish after next reboot diff -Nurd portage.orig/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.3.ebuild portage/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.3.ebuild --- portage.orig/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.3.ebuild 2012-10-21 13:28:43.058382957 +0700 +++ portage/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.3.ebuild 2012-10-21 13:30:15.694225905 +0700 @@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ # well, actually installing things makes them more installed, I guess? cp "${S}"/support/apxs "${D}"/usr/sbin/apxs || die "Failed to install apxs" chmod 0755 "${D}"/usr/sbin/apxs - - # create dir defined in 40_mod_ssl.conf - if use ssl; then - dodir /var/run/apache_ssl_mutex || die "Failed to mkdir ssl_mutex" - fi } pkg_postinst()