portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-kernel/rt-sources-6.12.28_p10: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/rt-sources-6.12.28_p10
│ └─ file ─┤ 141.06 Mb linux-6.12.tar.xz
│ │ 18.61 Kb patch-6.12.28-rt10.patch.xz
│ │ 1.75 Mb patch-6.12.28.xz
└─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/rt-sources-6.12.28_p10
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-build -deblob -symlink -vanilla"
│ │ SLOT = "6.12.28_p10"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://sys-kernel/rt-sources-6.12.28_p10
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
144.40 Mb to be downloaded.