These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild     UD ] sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r8::gentoo [2.8-r1::gentoo] USE="xattr -static -test -verify-sig" 766 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 766 KiB