These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-r1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 12 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 83 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] acct-group/epmd-0-r3::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="python -debug -doc -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 1104 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] net-libs/liblockfile-1.17::gentoo  USE="-static-libs" 69 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-eselect/eselect-ctags-1.20::gentoo  9 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-eselect/eselect-emacs-1.20::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] acct-user/epmd-0-r3::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-lang/erlang-29.0:0/29.0::gentoo  USE="kpoll ssl -doc -java -odbc -sctp (-systemd) -tk -wxwidgets" 65437 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-emacs/emacs-common-1.14::gentoo  USE="-games -gsettings -gui" 66 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-editors/emacs-31.1-r2:31::gentoo  USE="X acl alsa cairo dbus gif gmp gpm harfbuzz inotify jpeg png sqlite ssl threads tiff xattr xpm zlib -Xaw3d (-aqua) -athena -dynamic-loading -games -gfile -gsettings -gtk -gui -gzip-el -imagemagick -jit -lcms -libxml2 -livecd -m17n-lib -mailutils -motif (-selinux) -sound -source -svg (-systemd) -toolkit-scroll-bars -tree-sitter -valgrind -webp -wide-int -xft -xwidgets" 56622 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-emacs/erlang-mode-29.1.1::gentoo  63716 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-emacs/distel-4.1.1-r2::gentoo  USE="-doc" 210 KiB

Total: 13 packages (13 new), Size of downloads: 187323 KiB