portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-editors/vile-9.8z-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-editors/vile-9.8z-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.38 Mb vile-9.8z.tgz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-editors/vile-9.8z-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "iconv -perl -verify-sig"
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-editors/vile-9.8z-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.38 Mb to be downloaded.