portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/etckeeper-1.18.23:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/etckeeper-1.18.23
│ └─ file ─┤ 123.05 Kb etckeeper-1.18.23.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/etckeeper-1.18.23
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-cron -test"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/etckeeper-1.18.23
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
123.05 Kb to be downloaded.