portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/apr-util-1.6.3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/apr-1.7.6-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 878.58 Kb apr-1.7.6.tar.bz2
│ download portage://dev-libs/apr-util-1.6.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 422.55 Kb apr-util-1.6.3.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/apr-1.7.6-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "urandom -doc -old-kernel -static-libs -valgrind"
│ │ SLOT = "1/1.7"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/apr-1.7.6-r1
└─step 4─┤ install portage://dev-libs/apr-util-1.6.3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gdbm* openssl* sqlite* -berkdb* -doc -ldap -mysql -nss -odbc -postgres -static-libs -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "1"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://dev-libs/apr-util-1.6.3
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
1.27 Mb to be downloaded.