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

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[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/libogg-1.3.6::gentoo  USE="-static-libs" 430 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-r1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 12 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 83 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] acct-group/ices-0-r2::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="python -debug -doc -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 1104 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.7-r2::gentoo  USE="-static-libs -test" 1176 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] acct-user/ices-0-r2::gentoo  0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/libshout-2.4.6-r1::gentoo  USE="-speex -static-libs -theora" 558 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] net-misc/ices-2.0.3::gentoo  323 KiB

Total: 9 packages (9 new), Size of downloads: 3684 KiB