portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-libs/c-client-2007f_p7:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-libs/c-client-2007f_p7
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.66 Mb imap-2007f.tar.Z
│ │ 43.91 Kb uw-imap_2007f~dfsg-7.debian.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-libs/c-client-2007f_p7
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "ipv6 pam ssl -doc -kerberos -static-libs -topal"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-libs/c-client-2007f_p7
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.71 Mb to be downloaded.