portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 152.15 Kb gnome-common-3.18.0.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ SLOT = "3"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
152.15 Kb to be downloaded.