portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-util/visual-regexp-3.1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-lang/tk-8.6.17
│ └─ file ─┤ 4.38 Mb tk8.6.17-src.tar.gz
│ download portage://dev-util/visual-regexp-3.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 69.51 Kb visual_regexp-3.1.tcl
│ │ 20.00 Kb visualregexp-icon.png.tar
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-lang/tk-8.6.17
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "threads* truetype* -debug -test -xscreensaver"
│ │ SLOT = "0/8.6"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-lang/tk-8.6.17
└─step 4─┤ install portage://dev-util/visual-regexp-3.1
└─step 5─┤ run portage://dev-util/visual-regexp-3.1
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
4.47 Mb to be downloaded.