portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p14-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p14-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 18.75 Kb apmd_3.2.2-14.diff.gz
│ │ 71.05 Kb apmd_3.2.2.orig.tar.gz
│ download portage://sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.31-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 9.78 Kb powermgmt-base_1.31.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.31-r2
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-power/powermgmt-base-1.31-r2
└─step 4─┤ install portage://sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p14-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "X* nls"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://sys-apps/apmd-3.2.2_p14-r3
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
99.58 Kb to be downloaded.