portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-devel/m4-1.4.19-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-devel/m4-1.4.19-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 6.14 Kb m4-1.4.19-test-198-sysval-r1.patch.gz
│ │ 1.58 Mb m4-1.4.19.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://sys-devel/m4-1.4.19-r2 (replaces pkg://sys-devel/m4-1.4.21)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls -examples -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-devel/m4-1.4.19-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.58 Mb to be downloaded.