sentien-web01 DB-1.7.6 # emerge -avu dev-php/PEAR-DB

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild  N    ] dev-php/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1  0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB

Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No]
>>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-php/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1 to /
>>> md5 files   ;-) PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) DB-1.7.6.tgz
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking DB-1.7.6.tgz to /var/tmp/portage/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1/work
tar: A lone zero block at 1436
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: dev-php/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1

>>> Install PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1 into /var/tmp/portage/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1/image/ category dev-php

!!! ERROR: dev-php/PEAR-DB-1.7.6-r1 failed.
!!! Function php-pear-r1_src_install, Line 66, Exitcode 1
!!! Unable to install PEAR package
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

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