portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-admin/xtail-2.1_p8:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-admin/xtail-2.1_p8
│ └─ file ─┤ 4.87 Kb 20120219-patch-aalto.zip
│ │ 26.14 Kb xtail-2.1.tar.gz
│ │ 7.00 Kb xtail_2.1-8.debian.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-admin/xtail-2.1_p8
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-admin/xtail-2.1_p8
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
38.02 Kb to be downloaded.