Index: openssh-6.9_p1-r2.ebuild
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/openssh/openssh-6.9_p1-r2.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 openssh-6.9_p1-r2.ebuild
--- openssh-6.9_p1-r2.ebuild	23 Jul 2015 09:35:49 -0000	1.10
+++ openssh-6.9_p1-r2.ebuild	23 Jul 2015 23:31:10 -0000
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@
 	) > version.h
 
 	eautoreconf
+
+	# don't use /var/run on linux
+	local initd=sshd.rc6.4
+
+	if use kernel_linux; then
+		sed 's:/var/run:/run:' "${initd}" > "${T}"/sshd.initd || die "sed of initd failed"
+	else
+		cp -f "${initd}" "${T}"/sshd.initd || die "failed to copy initd file"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_configure() {
@@ -218,7 +227,7 @@
 	emake install-nokeys DESTDIR="${D}"
 	fperms 600 /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 	dobin contrib/ssh-copy-id
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/sshd.rc6.4 sshd
+	newinitd "${T}"/sshd.initd sshd
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/sshd.confd sshd
 	keepdir /var/empty