portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 124.92 Kb esmtp-1.2.tar.bz2
│ download portage://net-libs/libesmtp-1.1.0-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 165.17 Kb libesmtp-1.1.0.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-libs/libesmtp-1.1.0-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "ssl threads* -static-libs"
│ │ SLOT = "0/8"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-libs/libesmtp-1.1.0-r2
└─step 4─┤ install portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2
└─step 5─┤ run portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
290.09 Kb to be downloaded.
>>> Blockers added during proving & planning:
[blocks B] !mail-mta/nullmailer (soft blocker, phase: install, required by: portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2)
[blocks B] !mail-mta/nullmailer (soft blocker, phase: run, required by: portage://mail-mta/esmtp-1.2-r2)