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

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[ebuild  N     ] dev-lang/ocaml-5.5.1:0/5.5.1::gentoo  USE="ocamlopt -emacs -flambda -latex -test -xemacs" 6457 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-ml/dune-3.23.1:0/3.23.1::gentoo  USE="-emacs -test" 3624 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-ml/patch-3.1.2:0/3.1.2::gentoo  USE="ocamlopt -test" 30 KiB

Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 10110 KiB