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

Calculating dependencies ... done!
Dependency resolution took 5.64 s (backtrack: 7/20).

[ebuild     U  ] dev-lang/perl-5.42.2:0/5.42::gentoo [5.42.0-r1:0/5.42::gentoo] USE="gdbm -berkdb -doc -minimal" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 14278 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/perl-Test-Simple-1.302.210::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Number-Compare-0.30.0-r2::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 3 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Devel-Symdump-2.180.0-r2::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 19 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/perl-Pod-Simple-3.450.0-r1::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/perl-Module-CoreList-5.202.603.30::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Test-Pod-1.520.0::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 12 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Text-Glob-0.110.0-r1::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 5 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Pod-Coverage-0.230.0-r2::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 13 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/File-Find-Rule-0.350.0::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 16 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Test-Pod-Coverage-1.100.0-r1::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 8 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Test-Distribution-2.0.0-r2::gentoo  USE="-test" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" 12 KiB

Total: 12 packages (1 upgrade, 11 new), Size of downloads: 14363 KiB

WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict:

dev-lang/perl:0

  (dev-lang/perl-5.44.0:0/5.44::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="gdbm -berkdb -doc -minimal" PERL_FEATURES="ithreads (-debug) -quadmath" conflicts with
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.280.242-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150.10-r11:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-IO-1.550.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Exporter-5.790.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Encode-3.210.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-File-Path-2.180.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Digest-SHA-6.40.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Text-ParseWords-3.310.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Digest-MD5-2.590.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.500.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.760.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Storable-3.370.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-libnet-3.150.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="ssl"
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.680.100_rc:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-podlators-6.0.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-XSLoader-0.320.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.570.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Carp-1.540.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Module-Metadata-1.0.38-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.280.242-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-version-0.993.300:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-IO-1.550.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-File-Spec-3.940.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Encode-3.210.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150.10-r11:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Exporter-5.790.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.500.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.680.100_rc:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-libnet-3.150.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="ssl"
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-JSON-PP-4.160.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-XSLoader-0.320.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.570.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-File-Path-2.180.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Digest-SHA-6.40.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Text-ParseWords-3.310.0-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Digest-MD5-2.590.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.760.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-Carp-1.540.0-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-podlators-6.0.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Storable-3.370.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-version-0.993.300:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^
    =dev-lang/perl-5.42* required by (virtual/perl-Module-Metadata-1.0.38-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
    ^              ^^^^^
    dev-lang/perl:0/5.42= required by (virtual/perl-File-Spec-3.940.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE=""
                 ^^^^^^^^


!!! The following update(s) have been skipped due to unsatisfied dependencies
!!! triggered by backtracking:

virtual/perl-Test-Simple:0
virtual/perl-Pod-Simple:0
virtual/perl-Module-CoreList:0
virtual/perl-Math-BigInt:0