portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-misc/whois-5.5.23:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-misc/whois-5.5.23
│ └─ file ─┤ 107.14 Kb whois-5.5.23.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://net-misc/whois-5.5.23
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "iconv nls -idn -xcrypt"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://net-misc/whois-5.5.23
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
107.14 Kb to be downloaded.