portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-vim/eselect-syntax-20070506-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-vim/eselect-syntax-20070506-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.94 Kb eselect-syntax-20070506.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-vim/eselect-syntax-20070506-r3
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-vim/eselect-syntax-20070506-r3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.94 Kb to be downloaded.