portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-util/dialog-1.3.20250116-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-util/dialog-1.3.20250116-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 561.55 Kb dialog-1.3-20250116.tgz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://dev-util/dialog-1.3.20250116-r1 (replaces pkg://dev-util/dialog-1.3.20250817)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls unicode -examples -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "0/15"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-util/dialog-1.3.20250116-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
561.55 Kb to be downloaded.