portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 913.48 Kb xmlrpc-c-1.59.03.tgz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "threads* cgi curl cxx libxml2 -abyss -static-libs -test"
│ │ SLOT = "0/4.59"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03-r3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
913.48 Kb to be downloaded.