portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://mail-filter/spamprobe-1.4d-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://mail-filter/spamprobe-1.4d-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 256.60 Kb spamprobe-1.4d.tar.gz
│ download portage://media-libs/giflib-6.1.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 459.55 Kb giflib-6.1.3.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://media-libs/giflib-6.1.3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-doc -static-libs"
│ │ SLOT = "0/7"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://media-libs/giflib-6.1.3
└─step 4─┤ install portage://mail-filter/spamprobe-1.4d-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gif* jpeg* png* -berkdb*"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://mail-filter/spamprobe-1.4d-r3
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
716.15 Kb to be downloaded.