opts variable is deprecated in latest stable openrc.
# ChangeLog for www-servers/nginx # Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/www-servers/nginx/ChangeLog,v 1.300 2011/12/06 21:13:29 swegener Exp $ 06 Dec 2011; Sven Wegener <swegener@gentoo.org> files/nginx.init-r2: Switch from opts to extra_started_commands.
Sorry, was one day behind in portage.