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

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[ebuild  N     ] virtual/linux-sources-3-r9::gentoo  USE="-firmware" 0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-crypt/loop-aes-losetup-2.41.1::gentoo  USE="nls (-selinux) -static -verify-sig" 9794 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-util/pahole-1.32::gentoo  USE="-debug -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 2427 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] sys-fs/loop-aes-3.8e::gentoo  USE="strip -dist-kernel -extra-ciphers -keyscrub -modules-compress -modules-sign -verify-sig" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes -padlock" 410 KiB

Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 12629 KiB