portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r15:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r15
│ └─ file ─┤ 3.05 Mb cvs-1.12.12.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r15
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "crypt nls pam -doc -kerberos -server"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r15
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
3.05 Mb to be downloaded.