portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.46.1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.46.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 6.75 Kb binutils-2.46.1-patches-1.tar.xz
│ │ 27.31 Mb binutils-2.46.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.46.1 (replaces pkg://sys-devel/binutils-2.46.0)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls pgo* zstd (cet) debuginfod plugins -doc -gprofng -hardened -multitarget -static-libs -test -vanilla
│ │ -verify-sig% -xxhash"
│ │ SLOT = "2.46"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-devel/binutils-2.46.1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
27.32 Mb to be downloaded.