portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-kernel/pf-sources-6.17_p4: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/pf-sources-6.17_p4
│ └─ file ─┤ 703.90 Kb genpatches-6.17-11.base.tar.xz
│ │ 4.22 Kb genpatches-6.17-11.extras.tar.xz
│ │ 241.85 Mb linux-6.17-pf4.tar.gz
└─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/pf-sources-6.17_p4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-build -symlink -vanilla"
│ │ SLOT = "6.17_p4"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://sys-kernel/pf-sources-6.17_p4
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
244.12 Mb to be downloaded.