portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-misc/openssh-contrib-9.7_p1-r4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-misc/openssh-contrib-9.7_p1-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.76 Mb openssh-9.7p1.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-misc/openssh-contrib-9.7_p1-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "X* pam ssl pie -X509 -audit -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldns -libedit -livecd -security-key -static -test -verify-sig
│ │ -xmss"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-misc/openssh-contrib-9.7_p1-r4
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.76 Mb to be downloaded.
>>> Blockers added during proving & planning:
[blocks B] !net-misc/openssh (soft blocker, phase: run, required by: portage://net-misc/openssh-contrib-9.7_p1-r4)