portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.20-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.20-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 7.94 Mb gnupg-2.5.20.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ update portage://app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.20-r1 (replaces pkg://app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.18)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "bzip2 nls readline ssl alternatives smartcard tofu (-verify-sig) -doc -ldap -test -tools -tpm -usb -user-socket
│ │ -wks-server"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.20-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
7.94 Mb to be downloaded.