portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://virtual/pandoc-0-r1:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-text/pandoc-bin-3.12.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 33.73 Mb pandoc-3.12.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-text/pandoc-bin-3.12.1
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pandoc-symlink"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-text/pandoc-bin-3.12.1
└─step 4─┤ install portage://virtual/pandoc-0-r1
└─step 5─┤ run portage://virtual/pandoc-0-r1
Total: 5 actions (1 download, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
33.73 Mb to be downloaded.