portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-libs/libnsl-1.3.0-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-text/opensp-1.5.2-r10
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.45 Mb OpenSP-1.5.2.tar.gz
│ download portage://net-libs/libnsl-1.3.0-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 313.95 Kb libnsl-1.3.0.tar.xz
│ download portage://sys-libs/pam-1.7.2
│ └─ file ─┤ 499.73 Kb Linux-PAM-1.7.2.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://net-libs/libnsl-1.3.0-r2 (replaces pkg://net-libs/libnsl-2.0.1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-static-libs"
│ │ SLOT = "0/2"
└─step 3─┤ update portage://app-text/opensp-1.5.2-r10 (replaces pkg://app-text/opensp-1.5.2-r10) (abi-rebuild: net-libs/libnsl)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls -doc -static-libs -test"
│ run portage://net-libs/libnsl-1.3.0-r2
│ update portage://sys-libs/pam-1.7.2 (replaces pkg://sys-libs/pam-1.7.2) (abi-rebuild: net-libs/libnsl)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls -berkdb* -elogind* -audit -debug -examples -nis -verify-sig"
Total: 7 actions (3 downloads, 2 updates, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.25 Mb to be downloaded.