portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-devel/binutils-config-5.5.3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-devel/binutils-config-5.5.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 7.41 Kb binutils-config-5.5.3.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://sys-devel/binutils-config-5.5.3 (replaces pkg://sys-devel/binutils-config-5.6)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "(native-symlinks)"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-devel/binutils-config-5.5.3
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
7.41 Kb to be downloaded.