portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-apps/xdm-1.1.17:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 133.66 Kb sessreg-1.1.4.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xauth-1.1.5
│ └─ file ─┤ 161.60 Kb xauth-1.1.5.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xconsole-1.1.1
│ └─ file ─┤ 134.10 Kb xconsole-1.1.1.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xdm-1.1.17
│ └─ file ─┤ 415.82 Kb xdm-1.1.17.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xinit-1.4.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 158.69 Kb xinit-1.4.4.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xrdb-1.2.3-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 140.71 Kb xrdb-1.2.3.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-apps/xsm-1.0.6
│ └─ file ─┤ 156.96 Kb xsm-1.0.6.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xrdb-1.2.3-r2
│ install portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
│ install portage://x11-apps/xauth-1.1.5
│ install portage://x11-apps/xconsole-1.1.1
│ install portage://x11-apps/xsm-1.0.6
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xrdb-1.2.3-r2
│ run portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
│ run portage://x11-apps/xauth-1.1.5
│ run portage://x11-apps/xconsole-1.1.1
│ run portage://x11-apps/xsm-1.0.6
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xinit-1.4.4
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-twm"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xinit-1.4.4
└─step 6─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xdm-1.1.17
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pam truetype* -xinerama -xpm"
└─step 7─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xdm-1.1.17
Total: 21 actions (7 downloads, 7 installs, 7 runs), grouped into 7 steps.
1.27 Mb to be downloaded.