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

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[ebuild   R    ] dev-libs/libevent-2.1.12-r1:0/2.1-7::gentoo  USE="clock-gettime ssl -debug -malloc-replacement -static-libs -test -verbose-debug -verify-sig" 1076 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 1076 KiB