portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-process/cronie-1.7.2-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-process/cronie-1.7.2-r1
│ └─ file ─┤ 266.06 Kb cronie-1.7.2.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://sys-process/cronie-1.7.2-r1 (replaces pkg://sys-process/cronie-1.7.2)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pam anacron inotify -audit%"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-process/cronie-1.7.2-r1
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
266.06 Kb to be downloaded.