These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-r1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 12 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 83 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="python -debug -doc -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 1104 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.2.12::gentoo  USE="mix usb_stream -arcam_av -debug -ffmpeg -jack -libsamplerate -oss -pulseaudio -speex -verify-sig" 400 KiB

Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 1598 KiB