Sync successful and kits in alignment! :)

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U  ] net-misc/curl-7.86.0::core-kit [7.85.0::core-kit] USE="ftp http2 imap ipv6 nss openssl pop3 progress-meter smtp ssl tftp -adns -alt-svc -brotli -gnutls -gopher -hsts -idn -kerberos -ldap -mbedtls -nghttp3 -quiche -rtmp -samba -ssh -sslv3 -static-libs -telnet -test -threads -zstd" CURL_SSL="openssl -gnutls -mbedtls -nss" 2,948 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit [1.26.4::net-kit] 209 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] net-libs/libqmi-1.32.0:0/5.8::net-kit [1.30.8-r1:0/5.8::net-kit] USE="mbim qrtr -gtk-doc" 3,623 KiB

Total: 3 packages (3 upgrades), Size of downloads: 6,779 KiB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] 
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Emerging (1 of 3) net-misc/curl-7.86.0::core-kit
>>> Installing (1 of 3) net-misc/curl-7.86.0::core-kit
>>> Emerging (2 of 3) net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit
>>> Failed to emerge net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0, Log file:
>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/build.log'
>>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete, 1 failed                 Load avg: 5.72, 2.06, 0.76
 * Package:    net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0
 * Repository: net-kit
 * USE:        amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU
 * FEATURES:   network-sandbox preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking libmbim-1.28.0.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0 ...
 * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0' ...
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using /bin/grep -E
/bin/grep: configure.??: No such file or directory
 * Running aclocal ...
 [ !! ]

 * Failed Running aclocal !
 * 
 * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
 * 
 *   /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/aclocal.out

 * ERROR: net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit failed (prepare phase):
 *   Failed Running aclocal !
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called src_prepare
 *   environment, line 1468:  Called eautoreconf
 *   environment, line  821:  Called eaclocal
 *   environment, line  599:  Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'aclocal'
 *   environment, line  558:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *           die "Failed Running $1 !";
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0'

 * Messages for package net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0:

 * Failed Running aclocal !
 * 
 * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
 * 
 *   /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/aclocal.out
 * ERROR: net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit failed (prepare phase):
 *   Failed Running aclocal !
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called src_prepare
 *   environment, line 1468:  Called eautoreconf
 *   environment, line  821:  Called eaclocal
 *   environment, line  599:  Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'aclocal'
 *   environment, line  558:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *           die "Failed Running $1 !";
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0::net-kit'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0'

 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
 * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
 * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.

***** aclocal *****
***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/libmbim-1.28.0/work/libmbim-1.28.0
***** aclocal

aclocal-1.16: error: 'configure.ac' is required