portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-perl/Search-Xapian-1.2.25.5-r5:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/xapian-2.1.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 3.36 Mb xapian-core-2.1.0.tar.xz
│ download portage://dev-perl/Search-Xapian-1.2.25.5-r5
│ └─ file ─┤ 73.20 Kb Search-Xapian-1.2.25.5.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/xapian-2.1.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-debug -static-libs -verify-sig"
│ │ CPU_FLAGS_X86 = "sse* sse2*"
│ │ SLOT = "0/45"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/xapian-2.1.0
└─step 4─┤ install portage://dev-perl/Search-Xapian-1.2.25.5-r5
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-examples -test"
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://dev-perl/Search-Xapian-1.2.25.5-r5
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
3.43 Mb to be downloaded.