portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-eselect/eselect-oodict-20100228-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-eselect/eselect-oodict-20100228-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 3.71 Kb oodict.eselect-20100228.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-eselect/eselect-oodict-20100228-r1
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-eselect/eselect-oodict-20100228-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
3.71 Kb to be downloaded.