portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r6:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r6
│ └─ file ─┤ 765.39 Kb patch-2.7.6.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r6 (replaces pkg://sys-devel/patch-2.8-r1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "xattr* -static -test -verify-sig"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r6
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
765.39 Kb to be downloaded.