portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-vim/alternate-2.18-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-vim/alternate-2.18-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 8.45 Kb alternate-2.18.tar.gz
│ │ 8.69 Kb alternate.txt
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-vim/alternate-2.18-r3
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-vim/alternate-2.18-r3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
17.14 Kb to be downloaded.