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

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[ebuild  N     ] dev-db/mariadb-connector-c-3.4.9-r2:0/3::gentoo  USE="curl -gnutls -kerberos -static-libs -test" 1352 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/DBD-MariaDB-1.240.0::gentoo  USE="mariadb -minimal -mysql -test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 185 KiB

Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 1536 KiB