portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-block/buffer-1.19-r5:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-block/buffer-1.19-r5
│ └─ file ─┤ 11.46 Kb buffer_1.19-12.1.debian.tar.xz
│ │ 17.34 Kb buffer_1.19.orig.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-block/buffer-1.19-r5
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-block/buffer-1.19-r5
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
28.80 Kb to be downloaded.