>>> Emerging : portage://dev-lang/python-2.7.18_p16-r2:run?{[]}

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

Calculating dependencies... done!

 └─step  1─┤ download  portage://dev-lang/python-2.7.18_p16-r2
             │           └─ file ─┤ 12.26 Mb  	 Python-2.7.18.tar.xz
             │                    │ 34.62 Kb  	 python-gentoo-patches-2.7.18_p16.tar.xz

 └─step  2─┤ install   portage://dev-lang/python-2.7.18_p16-r2
             │           └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gdbm* ncurses readline sqlite* ssl xml%* (-berkdb) -bluetooth -examples -valgrind -verify-sig -wininst%"
             │                    │ SLOT = "2.7"

 └─step  3─┤ run     portage://dev-lang/python-2.7.18_p16-r2

Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
       12.29 Mb to be downloaded.