portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-backup/hdup-2.0.14-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-backup/hdup-2.0.14-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 85.75 Kb hdup-2.0.14.tar.bz2
│ download portage://app-crypt/mcrypt-2.6.8-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 460.85 Kb mcrypt-2.6.8.tar.gz
│ download portage://app-crypt/mhash-0.9.9.9-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 909.61 Kb mhash-0.9.9.9.tar.gz
│ download portage://dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r7
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.27 Mb libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-crypt/mhash-0.9.9.9-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-static-libs"
│ install portage://dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r7
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-crypt/mhash-0.9.9.9-r4
│ run portage://dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r7
└─step 4─┤ install portage://app-crypt/mcrypt-2.6.8-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://app-crypt/mcrypt-2.6.8-r3
└─step 6─┤ install portage://app-backup/hdup-2.0.14-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "crypt"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://app-backup/hdup-2.0.14-r2
Total: 12 actions (4 downloads, 4 installs, 4 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
2.70 Mb to be downloaded.