portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/date-3.0.3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/date-3.0.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 810.15 Kb date-3.0.3.gh.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/date-3.0.3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-only-c-locale -test"
│ │ SLOT = "0/3.0.3"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/date-3.0.3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
810.15 Kb to be downloaded.