portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://media-libs/volpack-1.0_p7-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://media-libs/volpack-1.0_p7-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.16 Mb volpack-1.0c7.tgz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://media-libs/volpack-1.0_p7-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-doc -examples"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://media-libs/volpack-1.0_p7-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.16 Mb to be downloaded.