portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/busybox-1.36.1-r4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/busybox-1.36.1-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.41 Mb busybox-1.36.1.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/busybox-1.36.1-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pam -debug -livecd -make-symlinks -math -mdev -savedconfig -sep-usr -static -syslog"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/busybox-1.36.1-r4
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.41 Mb to be downloaded.