portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-boot/shim-15.8:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ download portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.57 Mb cpio-2.15.tar.bz2
│ download portage://app-arch/rpm2targz-2021.03.16
│ └─ file ─┤ 6.35 Kb rpm2targz-2021.03.16.tar.xz
│ download portage://sys-boot/shim-15.8
│ └─ file ─┤ 412.59 Kb shim-ia32-15.8-3.x86_64.rpm
│ │ 467.22 Kb shim-x64-15.8-3.x86_64.rpm
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
└─step 4─┤ install portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gnu -libarchive"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
└─step 6─┤ install portage://app-arch/rpm2targz-2021.03.16
└─step 7─┤ install portage://sys-boot/shim-15.8
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-secureboot"
└─step 8─┤ run portage://sys-boot/shim-15.8
Total: 11 actions (4 downloads, 4 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 8 steps.
2.44 Mb to be downloaded.