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

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[ebuild     U  ] net-dns/c-ares-1.34.8:0/2::gentoo [1.34.6:0/2::gentoo] USE="-static-libs -test -verify-sig" 1012 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 1012 KiB