portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r9:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r9
│ └─ file ─┤ 21.83 Mb db-4.8.30.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r9
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-cxx -doc -examples -tcl -test"
│ │ SLOT = "4.8"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r9
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
21.83 Mb to be downloaded.