portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-apps/xbacklight-1.2.4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-apps/xbacklight-1.2.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 118.43 Kb xbacklight-1.2.4.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-libs/xcb-util-0.4.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 261.13 Kb xcb-util-0.4.1.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-libs/xcb-util-0.4.1
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-libs/xcb-util-0.4.1
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xbacklight-1.2.4
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xbacklight-1.2.4
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
379.56 Kb to be downloaded.