portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-build/boost-m4-0.4_p20221019-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-build/boost-m4-0.4_p20221019-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 42.29 Kb boost-m4-0.4_p20221019.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-build/boost-m4-0.4_p20221019-r1
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-build/boost-m4-0.4_p20221019-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
42.29 Kb to be downloaded.