emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy ">=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3:0/0=". (dependency required by "dev-lang/perl-5.30.3-r1::gentoo" [installed]) ... but nothing newer than sys-libs/gdbm-1.18.1-r1 exists in portage.
1.18.1 is indeed more than 1.8.3. I suspect this is actually a slot rebuild issue or something like that. Can you come onto the IRC for support, and provide teh full output?
[SIGH] vision deficiency won out. i didn’t see the 1 (one) in 18.... oddly it complains about missing gdbm even with USE=-gdbm....
(In reply to James Cloos from comment #2) > [SIGH] > > vision deficiency won out. i didn’t see the 1 (one) in 18.... > > oddly it complains about missing gdbm even with USE=-gdbm.... The full command used + output + emerge --info would help a lot if you can