portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-backup/cdbkup-1.0-r5:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-backup/cdbkup-1.0-r5
│ └─ file ─┤ 37.36 Kb cdbkup-1.0.tar.gz
│ download portage://app-cdr/cdrtools-3.02_alpha09-r5
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.06 Mb cdrtools-3.02a09.tar.bz2
│ download portage://x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.10
│ └─ file ─┤ 147.78 Kb makedepend-1.0.10.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.10
└─step 3─┤ install portage://app-cdr/cdrtools-3.02_alpha09-r5
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "acl nls unicode filecaps -caps"
└─step 4─┤ run portage://app-cdr/cdrtools-3.02_alpha09-r5
└─step 5─┤ install portage://app-backup/cdbkup-1.0-r5
└─step 6─┤ run portage://app-backup/cdbkup-1.0-r5
Total: 8 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 6 steps.
2.24 Mb to be downloaded.