portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-libs/zlib-1.3.1-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-libs/zlib-1.3.1-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 1.25 Mb zlib-1.3.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ downgrade portage://sys-libs/zlib-1.3.1-r1 (replaces pkg://sys-libs/zlib-1.3.2-r1)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-minizip -static-libs -verify-sig"
│ │ SLOT = "0/1"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-libs/zlib-1.3.1-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 downgrade, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
1.25 Mb to be downloaded.