These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-r1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 12 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="-verify-sig" 83 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-0.4.1::gentoo  262 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-wm-0.4.2::gentoo  279 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.10::gentoo  256 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-image-0.4.1::gentoo  283 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-xrm-1.3-r2::gentoo  320 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] x11-base/xcb-proto-1.17.0::gentoo  PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_14* -python3_12 -python3_13* (-python3_11%)" 149 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.16.1::gentoo  USE="python -debug -doc -verify-sig" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13 (-python3_15)" 1104 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-libs/xcb-util-cursor-0.1.6::gentoo  267 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] x11-misc/polybar-3.7.2::gentoo  USE="alsa -curl -doc -i3wm -ipc -mpd -network -pulseaudio" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_14 -python3_12 -python3_13" 483 KiB

Total: 11 packages (10 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 3493 KiB