portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-misc/socat-1.8.1.1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-misc/socat-1.8.1.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 592.14 Kb socat-1.8.1.1.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-misc/socat-1.8.1.1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "ipv6 readline ssl -tcpd"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-misc/socat-1.8.1.1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
592.14 Kb to be downloaded.