portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://games-util/joystick-1.8.1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://games-util/joystick-1.8.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 52.46 Kb linuxconsoletools-1.8.1.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://games-util/joystick-1.8.1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-sdl"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://games-util/joystick-1.8.1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
52.46 Kb to be downloaded.