portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/netplug-1.2.9.2-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/netplug-1.2.9.2-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 21.81 Kb netplug-1.2.9.2.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/netplug-1.2.9.2-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-debug -doc"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/netplug-1.2.9.2-r3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
21.81 Kb to be downloaded.