portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-admin/metalog-20260811:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-admin/metalog-20260811
│ └─ file ─┤ 49.86 Kb metalog-20260811.gh.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://app-admin/metalog-20260811 (replaces pkg://app-admin/metalog-20260221)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "zlib (unicode)"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-admin/metalog-20260811
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
49.86 Kb to be downloaded.