portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-build/automake-1.18.1-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-build/automake-1.18.1-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.58 Mb automake-1.18.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://dev-build/automake-1.18.1-r1 (replaces pkg://dev-build/automake-1.18.1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-test -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "1.18"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-build/automake-1.18.1-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.58 Mb to be downloaded.