portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sci-libs/libecpint-1.0.6-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/pugixml-1.16
│ └─ file ─┤ 574.78 Kb pugixml-1.16.tar.gz
│ download portage://sci-libs/libecpint-1.0.6-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.27 Mb libecpint-1.0.6.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://dev-libs/pugixml-1.16
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-test"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/pugixml-1.16
└─step 4─┤ install portage://sci-libs/libecpint-1.0.6-r1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-test"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://sci-libs/libecpint-1.0.6-r1
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
1.83 Mb to be downloaded.