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diff --git a/net-proxy/http-replicator/files/http-replicator-3-missing-directory.patch b/net-proxy/http-replicator/files/http-replicator-3-missing-directory.patch
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+++ b/net-proxy/http-replicator/files/http-replicator-3-missing-directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+Author: Matthew Ogilvie
+Date:   Sat Jan 17 09:24:34 2015 -0700
+
+    add some suggestions to the missing-directory error message
+    
+    Also wait until directory confirmed before forking.
+    
+    See gentoo bug 502574 and bug 442874
+
+diff --git a/http-replicator b/http-replicator
+index bbc163c..81e254d 100755
+--- a/http-replicator
++++ b/http-replicator
+@@ -636,13 +636,6 @@ def main ():
+ 				parser.error('user %r does not exist' % options.user)
+ 			except OSError:
+ 				parser.error('no permission for changing to user %r' % options.user)
+-		pid = os.fork() # fork process
+-		if pid: # parent process
+-			pidfile.write(str(pid)) # store child's pid
+-			pidfile.close()
+-			return
+-		else:
+-			signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIG_IGN)
+ 	else:
+ 		handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout) # log to stdout
+ 		handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s: %(name)s %(message)s'))
+@@ -651,10 +644,22 @@ def main ():
+ 	try:
+ 		os.chdir(options.dir) # change to cache directory
+ 	except OSError:
+-		parser.error('invalid directory %r' % options.dir)
++		parser.error('invalid directory %r\n' \
++		             'Try running repcacheman, and/or see\n' \
++		             'http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-173226.html' \
++				 % options.dir)
+ 	if not os.access(os.curdir, os.R_OK | os.W_OK): # check permissions for cache directory
+ 		parser.error('no read/write permission for directory %r' % options.dir)
+ 
++	if options.daemon:
++		pid = os.fork() # fork process
++		if pid: # parent process
++			pidfile.write(str(pid)) # store child's pid
++			pidfile.close()
++			return
++		else:
++			signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIG_IGN)
++
+ 	sys.stdout = sys.stderr = open('/dev/null', 'w') # redirect all output to bit bucket
+ 	logging.root.name = 'HttpReplicator'
+ 	try: