portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://media-sound/timidity-freepats-20060219-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-eselect/eselect-timidity-20110513-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.65 Kb timidity.eselect-20110513.bz2
│ download portage://media-sound/timidity-freepats-20060219-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 24.60 Mb freepats-20060219.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-eselect/eselect-timidity-20110513-r1
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-eselect/eselect-timidity-20110513-r1
└─step 4─┤ install portage://media-sound/timidity-freepats-20060219-r1
└─step 5─┤ run portage://media-sound/timidity-freepats-20060219-r1
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
24.60 Mb to be downloaded.