These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ...... .......... .................. . ..... ... ..... done! [ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4:0/5.20 [5.18.2-r2:0/5.18] USE="berkdb gdbm -debug -doc -ithreads" 13370 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 [3.130.0-r4] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Storable-2.490.0 [2.410.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 [0.980.0-r6] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Encode-2.600.0 [2.490.0-r2] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-IO-1.310.0 [1.280.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Attribute-Handlers-0.960.0 [0.940.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Getopt-Long-2.420.0-r1 [2.390.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-JSON-PP-2.272.30 [2.272.20-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Perl-OSType-1.7.0 [1.3.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.670.0 [1.580.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.280.217 [0.280.210-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-parent-0.228-r1 [0.225.0-r5] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd-0.920.0 [0.800.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-AutoLoader-5.740.0 [5.730.0-r2] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Time-HiRes-1.972.600-r1 [1.972.500-r3] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Net-Ping-2.430.0 [2.41-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Module-CoreList-5.20.1 [3.30.0] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-if-0.60.300 [0.60.200-r2] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.980.0 [6.660.0-r1] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Pod-Parser-1.620.0 [1.600.0] 0 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Locale-Maketext-1.250.0 [1.230.0-r1] 0 KiB [uninstall ] perl-core/Locale-Maketext-1.230.0-r1 [blocks b ] perl-core/libnet-1.220.0-r999 (">perl-core/libnet-1.220.0-r999" is blocking virtual/perl-libnet-1.220.0-r3) [ebuild U ] perl-core/Module-Build-0.420.500 [0.400.300-r1] USE="{-test}" 302 KiB [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.420.500-r1 [0.400.300-r1] 0 KiB [blocks b ] >perl-core/Module-Build-0.400.300-r999 (">perl-core/Module-Build-0.400.300-r999" is blocking virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.400.300-r1) [blocks B ] =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.64 required by (dev-perl/Test-Exception-0.320.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 required by (perl-core/Module-Build-0.420.500:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.490.0 required by (perl-core/Module-Build-0.420.500:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 required by (dev-perl/SDL-2.540-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-Test-Simple required by (dev-perl/SDL-2.540-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 required by (dev-perl/Test-Most-0.310.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.88 required by (dev-perl/Test-Most-0.310.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-Test-Simple required by (dev-perl/Test-Warn-0.240.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 required by (dev-perl/IPC-System-Simple-1.21-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.1.2 required by (dev-perl/MediaWiki-API-0.390.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-Test-Simple required by (dev-perl/IPC-System-Simple-1.21-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) (virtual/perl-parent-0.228-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by virtual/perl-parent required by (dev-perl/SVG-2.590.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-parent-0.228-r1 required by (dev-perl/SVG-2.590.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) (perl-core/AutoLoader-5.730.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by perl-core/AutoLoader required by @selected (virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/LWP-Authen-Wsse-0.50.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/SOAP-Lite-1.040.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/XML-Stream-1.230.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/URI-1.600.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/Net-DNS-0.740.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.640.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-2.1 required by (dev-perl/HTTP-Message-6.30.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/Net-DNS-0.740.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.504.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/LWP-Authen-Wsse-0.50.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/Email-MIME-Encodings-1.315.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/Mail-DKIM-0.400.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/libwww-perl-6.50.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/Mail-DKIM-0.400.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/URI-1.600.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (perl-core/Digest-1.170.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/XML-Stream-1.230.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/SOAP-Lite-1.040.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.07 required by (dev-perl/Email-MIME-Encodings-1.315.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.640.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.05 required by (dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.504.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-2.120.0 required by (dev-perl/libwww-perl-6.50.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) =virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.140.0-r1 required by (dev-perl/HTTP-Message-6.30.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) virtual/perl-MIME-Base64 required by (perl-core/Digest-1.170.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) (perl-core/parent-0.225.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by perl-core/parent required by @selected (virtual/perl-AutoLoader-5.740.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by virtual/perl-AutoLoader required by @selected For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked