portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 119.74 Kb MAKEDEV-3.23-1.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://acct-group/uucp-0-r3
└─step 3─┤ run portage://acct-group/uucp-0-r3
└─step 4─┤ install portage://sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-build"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1-r3
Total: 5 actions (1 download, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
119.74 Kb to be downloaded.