portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-libs/readline-8.2_p13-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-libs/readline-8.2_p13-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 5.62 Kb readline-8.1-rlfe-c99.patch.xz
│ │ 2.90 Mb readline-8.2.tar.gz
│ │ 1.17 Kb readline82-001
│ │ 1.11 Kb readline82-002
│ │ 1.17 Kb readline82-003
│ │ 1.67 Kb readline82-004
│ │ 1.47 Kb readline82-005
│ │ 2.96 Kb readline82-006
│ │ 1.39 Kb readline82-007
│ │ 1.66 Kb readline82-008
│ │ 2.22 Kb readline82-009
│ │ 2.59 Kb readline82-010
│ │ 1.82 Kb readline82-011
│ │ 2.76 Kb readline82-012
│ │ 5.62 Kb readline82-013
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://sys-libs/readline-8.2_p13-r1 (replaces pkg://sys-libs/readline-8.3_p3)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "(unicode) -static-libs -utils -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "0/8"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-libs/readline-8.2_p13-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
2.94 Mb to be downloaded.