portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/libb64-2.0.0.1-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/libb64-2.0.0.1-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 15.40 Kb libb64-2.0.0.1.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/libb64-2.0.0.1-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ SLOT = "0/2.0.0.1-r1"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/libb64-2.0.0.1-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
15.40 Kb to be downloaded.