portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-arch/xz-utils-5.8.4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-arch/xz-utils-5.8.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.67 Mb xz-5.8.4.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://app-arch/xz-utils-5.8.4 (replaces pkg://app-arch/xz-utils-5.8.2)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls pgo* extra-filters -doc -static-libs -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-arch/xz-utils-5.8.4
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.67 Mb to be downloaded.