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

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[ebuild  N     ] dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20260107.1:0/2601.1.0-cpp20::gentoo  USE="-debug -test -test-helpers" 2251 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/re2-2025.08.12:0/11::gentoo  USE="-icu -test" 389 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/protobuf-34.2:0/34.2.0::gentoo  USE="libprotoc (libupb) protobuf protoc zlib -conformance -debug -emacs -examples -test" 6872 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] net-libs/grpc-1.80.0:0/53.180::gentoo  USE="-doc -examples (-systemd) -test" 15403 KiB

Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 24914 KiB