portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-vcs/rcs-5.10.1-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-vcs/rcs-5.10.1-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 895.83 Kb rcs-5.10.1.tar.lz
│ download portage://sys-apps/ed-1.22.5
│ └─ file ─┤ 69.84 Kb ed-1.22.5.tar.lz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/ed-1.22.5
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/ed-1.22.5
└─step 4─┤ install portage://dev-vcs/rcs-5.10.1-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-doc"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://dev-vcs/rcs-5.10.1-r1
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
965.67 Kb to be downloaded.