portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sci-libs/spooles-2.2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sci-libs/spooles-2.2
│ └─ file ─┤ 4.30 Mb spooles.2.2.tgz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sci-libs/spooles-2.2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "threads* -mpi -static-libs"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sci-libs/spooles-2.2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
4.30 Mb to be downloaded.