portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/pv-1.12.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/pv-1.12.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 478.36 Kb pv-1.12.0.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-apps/pv-1.12.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "ncurses nls -debug -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/pv-1.12.0
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
478.36 Kb to be downloaded.