This dependency is already pulled by networkmanager itself. (and, without creating another bug report, it's a runtime dep not a build dep, so if you want to move it in the proper variable..)
This bug should be resolved as invalid. If you emerge -C ppp, and then try to emerge networkmanager-pptp, then networkmanager-pptp's configure script fails because it needs ppp. Every package that depends on another package ought to say so.
(In reply to comment #1) > This bug should be resolved as invalid. If you emerge -C ppp, and then try to > emerge networkmanager-pptp, then networkmanager-pptp's configure script fails > because it needs ppp. > > Every package that depends on another package ought to say so. > I think you should learn how deps work in Gentoo. ppp is an _explicit_ dependency pulled by networkmanager. networkmanager-pptp pulls networkmanager that pulls ppp You don't have to explicit the same dependency that your "super application" pulls (since pptp is a plugin, not a standalone application). ppp is used by networkmanager to establish 3g connections so it is _already_ pulled by it.
I want to say please to forget the "runtime vs buildtime" thing since I'm not sure if it's used in buildtime by networkmanager-pptp.
Fixed in networkmanager-pptp-0.9.2.0
