If XEmacs's package system is expected to work, then the ebuild should probably depend on: net-ftp/ftp net-dns/bind-tools app-crypt/gnupg If these packages are not installed, then attempting to update packages with the built-in installer fails. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Installing packages via xemacs package manager is something that we do not support, that's what ebuilds are for. If you insist on doing this, then feel free to install the needed packages for such functionality yourself. Closing.