portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-libs/readline-8.3_p6:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-libs/readline-8.3_p6
│ └─ file ─┤ 3.26 Mb readline-8.3.tar.gz
│ │ 1.80 Kb readline83-001
│ │ 1.58 Kb readline83-002
│ │ 2.23 Kb readline83-003
│ │ 2.06 Kb readline83-004
│ │ 2.45 Kb readline83-005
│ │ 1.39 Kb readline83-006
└─step 2─┤ update portage://sys-libs/readline-8.3_p6 (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-8.3_p6
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
3.27 Mb to be downloaded.