A new release 1.8 of xmmsctrl is out. Don't know enough about ebuilds to write one for myself. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Created attachment 43289 [details, diff] Ebuild patch
A little version bump is enough with some lines removed (which is what the patch does.)
in portage. please note: just because a patch does not apply, that does not mean that it is no longer needed. If a patch doesn't apply, first check to see if the patch needs to be remade for the new version before just dropping it.