These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] virtual/linux-sources-3-r9::gentoo  USE="-firmware" 0 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-util/pahole-1.32::gentoo  USE="-debug -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 2427 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] sys-power/nct6687d-0_pre20260901::gentoo  USE="strip -dist-kernel -modules-compress -modules-sign" 279 KiB

Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 2705 KiB