portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-apps/xbiff-1.0.6:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-apps/xbiff-1.0.6
│ └─ file ─┤ 131.62 Kb xbiff-1.0.6.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.1.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 111.93 Kb xbitmaps-1.1.4.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.1.4
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.1.4
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xbiff-1.0.6
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xbiff-1.0.6
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
243.55 Kb to be downloaded.