portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://net-nntp/leafnode-1.12.0-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://net-nntp/leafnode-1.12.0-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 453.68 Kb leafnode-1.12.0.tar.xz
│ download portage://sys-apps/xinetd-2.3.15.4-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 375.49 Kb xinetd-2.3.15.4.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/xinetd-2.3.15.4-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-perl -rpc -tcpd"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/xinetd-2.3.15.4-r1
└─step 4─┤ install portage://virtual/inetd-1
└─step 5─┤ run portage://virtual/inetd-1
└─step 6─┤ install portage://net-nntp/leafnode-1.12.0-r1
└─step 7─┤ run portage://net-nntp/leafnode-1.12.0-r1
Total: 8 actions (2 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
829.18 Kb to be downloaded.