portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-misc/rsync-bpc-3.1.3.0_p20251201-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-misc/rsync-bpc-3.1.3.0_p20251201-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 871.54 Kb rsync-bpc-3.1.3.0_p20251201.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-misc/rsync-bpc-3.1.3.0_p20251201-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "acl -lz4 -xxhash"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-misc/rsync-bpc-3.1.3.0_p20251201-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
871.54 Kb to be downloaded.