portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/icu-78.3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/icu-78.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 26.68 Mb icu4c-78.3-sources.tgz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://dev-libs/icu-78.3 (replaces pkg://dev-libs/icu-78.2)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-debug -doc -examples -static-libs -test -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "0/78"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/icu-78.3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
26.68 Mb to be downloaded.