portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-kernel/git-sources-7.3_rc7:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ download portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.57 Mb cpio-2.15.tar.bz2
│ download portage://sys-kernel/git-sources-7.3_rc7
│ └─ file ─┤ 152.65 Mb linux-7.2.tar.xz
│ │ 61.65 Mb patch-7.3-rc7.patch
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "nls"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-arch/cpio-2.15
└─step 4─┤ install portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "gnu -libarchive"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://app-alternatives/cpio-0
└─step 6─┤ install portage://sys-kernel/git-sources-7.3_rc7
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-build -symlink -vanilla"
│ │ SLOT = "7.3_rc7"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://sys-kernel/git-sources-7.3_rc7
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
215.88 Mb to be downloaded.