portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-misc/task-2.6.2-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-misc/task-2.6.2-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 819.27 Kb task-2.6.2.tar.gz
│ │ 217.49 Kb tests-2.6.2.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-misc/task-2.6.2-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "sync"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-misc/task-2.6.2-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.01 Mb to be downloaded.