These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  NS    ] dev-build/automake-1.17-r3:1.17::gentoo [1.18.1:1.18::gentoo] USE="-test -verify-sig" 1614 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 1614 KiB