portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-arch/cpio-2.14:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ download portage://app-arch/cpio-2.14
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.45 Mb cpio-2.14.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-arch/cpio-2.14
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls"
└─step 3─┤ install portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gnu -libarchive"
│ run portage://app-arch/cpio-2.14
└─step 4─┤ run portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 4 steps.
1.45 Mb to be downloaded.