how would one deal with this situation? what options are there and why
is which better in what cases?
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating world dependencies ...done!
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-1.61 [1.56]
[blocks B ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg
dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12)
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r3 [1.18.1-r2]
[ebuild U ] sys-libs/db-4.0.14-r2 [3.2.9-r7]
[ebuild U ] sys-devel/automake-1.7.5-r2 [1.7.2]
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r3
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/debianutils-1.16.7-r3 [1.16.7-r2]
[ebuild U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r2 [5.3-r1]
[ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-2.05b-r7 [2.05b-r5]
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6k [0.9.6j]
[ebuild U ] dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5 [2.2.3-r1]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.49-r15 [2.0.48-r5]
*** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself,
recalculate dependencies, and complete the merge.
[ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.0-r12 [5.8.0-r10]
[ebuild U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.6-r6 [2.14.90.0.2]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/gawk-3.1.3 [3.1.2-r3]
[ebuild U ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.19-r1 [2.4.19]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.11z-r6 [2.11z-r4]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.10-r1 [1.8.6.8-r1]
[ebuild U ] net-misc/dhcpcd-1.3.22_p4-r2 [1.3.22_p4]
[ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.4 [1.3.3-r1]
[ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-3.2.3-r2 [3.2.3-r1]
[ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r3 [2.3.2-r1]
[ebuild U ] sys-libs/zlib-1.1.4-r2 [1.1.4-r1]
[ebuild U ] net-dns/dnsmasq-1.17 [1.13]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/vcron-3.0.1-r3 [3.0.1-r1]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/tcp-wrappers-7.6-r6 [7.6-r4]
[ebuild U ] net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.9_rc2 [1.2.9_rc1]
[ebuild N ] dev-util/yacc-1.9.1-r1
[ebuild U ] net-www/apache-2.0.48-r1 [2.0.47]
[ebuild U ] app-admin/sysklogd-1.4.1-r10 [1.4.1-r4]
[ebuild U ] sys-libs/slang-1.4.9 [1.4.5-r2]
[ebuild U ] app-editors/nano-1.2.2 [1.2.1]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r8 [4.0.3-r6]
[ebuild U ] net-misc/wget-1.9-r1 [1.8.2-r2]
[ebuild U ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r8 [2.4.20-r5]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/which-2.16 [2.14]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.4-r4 [2.8.4-r3]
[ebuild U ] net-analyzer/netcat-110-r4 [110-r2]
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/glib-2.2.3 [2.2.1]
[ebuild U ] app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r3 [4.6.0-r1]
[ebuild U ] net-www/links-2.1_pre11 [2.1_pre9]
[ebuild U ] net-irc/irssi-0.8.6-r5 [0.8.6-r2]
[ebuild U ] net-analyzer/sniffit-0.3.7-r1 [0.3.7]
[ebuild U ] dev-util/dialog-0.9_beta20031002 [0.9_beta20030308-r1]
[ebuild U ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.1.36 [0.1.30]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/psmisc-21.2-r3 [21.2-r2]
[ebuild U ] net-misc/rsync-2.5.6-r3 [2.5.6-r2]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/hdparm-5.4 [5.3-r2]
[ebuild U ] net-analyzer/nmap-3.45 [3.27-r1]
[ebuild U ] net-misc/openssh-3.7.1_p2 [3.6.1_p2]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/findutils-4.1.7-r5 [4.1.7-r4]
[ebuild U ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1 [2.2.0-r2]
[ebuild U ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3 [4.3.0-r2]
[ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-3.2.2-r1 [3.1.2-r3]
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.5.11 [2.5.8]
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.0.33 [1.0.30-r1]
[ebuild U ] dev-java/java-config-1.1.5 [0.2.8]
[ebuild U ] dev-php/mod_php-4.3.3-r3 [4.3.2-r3]
[ebuild U ] dev-perl/Digest-MD5-2.26 [2.24]
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.49
[ebuild U ] dev-perl/libnet-1.16 [1.13]
[ebuild U ] dev-perl/libwww-perl-5.69-r1 [5.69]
[ebuild U ] net-www/apache-1.3.29-r1 [2.0.47]
[ebuild U ] dev-perl/mod_perl-1.27-r4 [1.27-r2]
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