portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-arch/gzip-1.14-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-arch/gzip-1.14-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 864.99 Kb gzip-1.14.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://app-arch/gzip-1.14-r1 (replaces pkg://app-arch/gzip-1.14)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-pic -static -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-arch/gzip-1.14-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
864.99 Kb to be downloaded.