portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/linux-misc-apps-6.16:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/linux-misc-apps-6.16
│ └─ file ─┤ 145.55 Mb linux-6.16.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/linux-misc-apps-6.16
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-static-libs -tcpd -usbip"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/linux-misc-apps-6.16
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
145.55 Mb to be downloaded.