portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/gawk-5.4.1-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/gawk-5.4.1-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 3.66 Mb gawk-5.4.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://sys-apps/gawk-5.4.1-r1 (replaces pkg://sys-apps/gawk-5.4.0-r2)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls readline mpfr -pma -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/gawk-5.4.1-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
3.66 Mb to be downloaded.