DEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.1 ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6 ) xmms? ( media-sound/xmms ) ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses ) So, is it optional or not? Even the USE flag part is commented out later in the ebuild, so maybe it shouldn't be there at all.
Good eye, fixed in cvs.