portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-cpp/pystring-1.1.4-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-cpp/pystring-1.1.4-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 18.73 Kb pystring-1.1.4.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-cpp/pystring-1.1.4-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ SLOT = "0/0.fudge"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-cpp/pystring-1.1.4-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
18.73 Kb to be downloaded.