portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://perl-core/Encode-3.190.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://perl-core/Encode-3.190.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.99 Mb Encode-3.19.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://perl-core/Encode-3.190.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = ""
│ │ PERL_FEATURES = "ithreads -quadmath"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://perl-core/Encode-3.190.0
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.99 Mb to be downloaded.