portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-editors/nano-9.1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-editors/nano-9.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.67 Mb nano-9.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://app-editors/nano-9.1 (replaces pkg://app-editors/nano-8.7.1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "ncurses nls (unicode) spell -debug -justify -magic -minimal -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-editors/nano-9.1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.67 Mb to be downloaded.