portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-misc/abook-0.6.1-r4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-misc/abook-0.6.1-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 312.07 Kb abook-0.6.1.tar.gz
│ download portage://dev-libs/libvformat-1.13-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 21.05 Kb libvformat_1.13-12.debian.tar.xz
│ │ 248.50 Kb libvformat_1.13.orig.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/libvformat-1.13-r3
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/libvformat-1.13-r3
└─step 4─┤ install portage://app-misc/abook-0.6.1-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://app-misc/abook-0.6.1-r4
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
581.62 Kb to be downloaded.