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/stunnel-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/stunnel-0-r3::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] net-misc/stunnel-5.81::gentoo  USE="ssl (-selinux) -stunnel3 (-systemd) -tcpd -test -verify-sig" 939 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/vm-8.2.0_beta-r1::gentoo  USE="ssl -bbdb" 821 KiB

Total: 12 packages (12 new), Size of downloads: 59720 KiB