I was having issues with my regular update schedule on my Gentoo server where I kept getting the following message:
('ebuild', '/', 'dev-db/sqlite-3.6.22-r2', 'merge') conflicts with
=dev-db/sqlite-3.6.22[extensions] required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-perl/DBD-SQLite-1.29-r2', 'nomerge')

Since I use SQLite fairly regularly and I like to keep it up to date I figured I would focus on getting that updated, then worry about the Perl SQLite. (Had I known that spamassassin relies on the Perl SQLite I may have been a little more hesitant, but it all worked out ok anyway.)

Here is how I managed to update both SQLite and the Perl SQLite. I first unmerged dev-perl/DBD-SQLite with:
emerge --unmerge dev-perl/DBD-SQLite

I then updated SQLite with:
emerge -u sqlite

Which changed the USE settings to “-extensions” which meant that when I tried to emerge DBD-SQLite it failed due to the missing USE requirements. So I took a stab at it and did:
USE="extensions" emerge sqlite
Which built cleanly without any problems, and after which a quick
emerge dev-perl/DBD-SQLite worked great.

So, in a quick and easy cut and paste format the work-around is:
emerge --unmerge DBD-SQLite
emerge -u sqlite
USE="extensions" emerge sqlite
emerge DBD-SQLite

Why the work-around is required I don’t know at the moment as I don’t have the time to dig through the ebuild files and figure out where the issue is, although I am sure if I had waited a bit updated ebuild files will come down the pipeline to correct the issue. (Patience is a virtue, but I have never been all that virtuous.)

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When trying to do my regular emerge today I ran into minor snag. When emerge tried to build dev-perl/IO-Socket-INET6-2.56 emerge failed with the following error:

Can't locate Module/Build.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at Build.PL line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 3.

I did some searching and didn’t come across anything directly related to IO-Socket-INET6, but I did see references to other Perl libraries failing to build with the same error, and remark in one of the threads that the only work-around was to emerge the Perl Build module. So, I did an emerge Module-Build and followed it up with my usual emerge -auvD world and IO-Socket-INET6 built just fine.

It seems that there may be a few Perl libraries in Portage that are relying on the Build module but aren’t adding it as a requirement in their ebuild. If you have lots of Perl libraries installed that you manage via Portage you may want to save yourself some hassle and emerge Module-Build now.

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