portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-build/steve-1.5.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-build/steve-1.5.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 22.20 Kb steve-1.5.0.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://acct-group/steve-0
└─step 3─┤ run portage://acct-group/steve-0
└─step 4─┤ install portage://acct-user/steve-0
└─step 5─┤ run portage://acct-user/steve-0
└─step 6─┤ install portage://dev-build/steve-1.5.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-debug -test"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://dev-build/steve-1.5.0
Total: 7 actions (1 download, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
22.20 Kb to be downloaded.