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

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[ebuild   R    ] sys-devel/patch-2.8-r1::gentoo  USE="xattr -static -test -verify-sig" 886 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 886 KiB