portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-misc/worker-4.6.1-r100:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-misc/worker-4.6.1-r100
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.54 Mb worker-4.6.1.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-misc/worker-4.6.1-r100
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "dbus* magic -lua* -avfs -debug -examples -libnotify -xft -xinerama"
│ │ LUA_SINGLE_TARGET = "lua5-1"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-misc/worker-4.6.1-r100
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.54 Mb to be downloaded.