portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-vim/ackvim-1.0.9-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-vim/ackvim-1.0.9-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 9.14 Kb ack.vim-1.0.9.tar.gz
│ download portage://dev-perl/File-Next-1.180.0-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 17.86 Kb File-Next-1.18.tar.gz
│ download portage://sys-apps/ack-3.10.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 273.68 Kb ack-v3.10.0.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-perl/File-Next-1.180.0-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-test"
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-perl/File-Next-1.180.0-r2
└─step 4─┤ install portage://sys-apps/ack-3.10.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-test"
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://sys-apps/ack-3.10.0
└─step 6─┤ install portage://app-vim/ackvim-1.0.9-r2
└─step 7─┤ run portage://app-vim/ackvim-1.0.9-r2
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
300.68 Kb to be downloaded.