portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-build/autoconf-vanilla-2.71-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-build/autoconf-vanilla-2.71-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.23 Mb autoconf-2.71.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-build/autoconf-vanilla-2.71-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ SLOT = "2.71"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-build/autoconf-vanilla-2.71-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.23 Mb to be downloaded.