Bug? /usr/bin/bitcoind ""

When I execute

/usr/bin/bitcoindbitcoin daemon starts as expected.

When I execute

/usr/bin/bitcoind ""error: couldn't connect to server

How come? Is this a bug?

Satoshi: May we have a bug tracking system please? (size reduced since it was noticed by satoshi and is no longer necessary to stand out, which was meant as a bit humorous anyhow.)

Workaround for my gentoo linux init script:

BITCOIN_OPTS="-min"which will then execute as `bitcoind "-min"`