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

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[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/libpcre2-10.48:0/3::gentoo [10.47:0/3::gentoo] USE="bzip2 jit pcre16 pcre32 readline unicode zlib -libedit -static-libs -valgrind -verify-sig" 2162 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 2162 KiB