portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-dialup/pptpclient-1.10.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-dialup/ppp-2.5.4-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 989.29 Kb ppp-2.5.4.tar.gz
│ download portage://net-dialup/ppp-scripts-0
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.78 Kb ppp-scripts-0.tar.xz
│ download portage://net-dialup/pptpclient-1.10.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 84.97 Kb pptp-1.10.0.tar.gz
│ │ 7.10 Kb pptp-command-20130515.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-dialup/ppp-2.5.4-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pam -activefilter -atm"
│ │ SLOT = "0/2.5.4"
└─step 3─┤ install portage://net-dialup/ppp-scripts-0
└─step 4─┤ run portage://net-dialup/ppp-scripts-0
└─step 5─┤ run portage://net-dialup/ppp-2.5.4-r1
└─step 6─┤ install portage://net-dialup/pptpclient-1.10.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-tk"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://net-dialup/pptpclient-1.10.0
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
1.06 Mb to be downloaded.