portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.5-r4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.5-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 8.62 Kb pilot-link-0.12.5-gentoo-patchset-r2.tar.xz
│ │ 1.51 Mb pilot-link-0.12.5.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.5-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "png* threads* -bluetooth -perl -test -usb"
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.5-r4
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.51 Mb to be downloaded.