portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-apps/xsetroot-1.1.4:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-apps/xsetroot-1.1.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 126.24 Kb xsetroot-1.1.4.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-libs/libXcursor-1.2.3
│ └─ file ─┤ 285.90 Kb libXcursor-1.2.3.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-libs/libXcursor-1.2.3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-doc"
│ install portage://x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.1.4
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-libs/libXcursor-1.2.3
│ run portage://x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.1.4
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-apps/xsetroot-1.1.4
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-apps/xsetroot-1.1.4
Total: 9 actions (3 downloads, 3 installs, 3 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
524.07 Kb to be downloaded.