portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.44-r4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.44-r4
│ └─ file ─┤ 81.65 Kb binutils-2.44-patches-4.tar.xz
│ │ 26.02 Mb binutils-2.44.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.44-r4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls pgo* zstd (cet) plugins -debuginfod* -doc -gprofng -hardened -multitarget -static-libs -test -vanilla -xxhash"
│ │ SLOT = "2.44"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.44-r4
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
26.10 Mb to be downloaded.