portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0_p20240208:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 64.47 Kb i3blocks-1.5.tar.gz
│ download portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0_p20240208
│ └─ file ─┤ 2.80 Mb i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0_p20240208.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "contrib"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5-r2
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0_p20240208
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0_p20240208
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
2.87 Mb to be downloaded.