portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc5-r11:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc5-r11
│ └─ file ─┤ 381.86 Kb aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc5-r11
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "X* gpm* -slang"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc5-r11
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
381.86 Kb to be downloaded.