portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-apps/sed-4.10-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-apps/sed-4.10-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.65 Mb sed-4.10.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://sys-apps/sed-4.10-r1 (replaces pkg://sys-apps/sed-4.9-r1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "acl nls xattr* -static -test-full -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-apps/sed-4.10-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.65 Mb to be downloaded.